1688

LASS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 603

cases of emergency admissions; and clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 59 - Mental Hygiene

Section 11(g), 12(c)(5), 12(d)(1), 12(d)(3), 22(a)(4),

22 (b) (2) (iv) , 22(c), and 22(d),
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1972 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 59 - Mental Hygiene

Section 3 (a) (1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 59 — Mental Hygiene

(A-1) "CERTIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST" MEANS ANY PERSON DULY
CERTIFIED UNDER THE PSYCHOLOGISTS' CERTIFICATION ACT,
ARTICLE 43, §§ 618 - 644A , AND LISTED IN THE NATIONAL
REGISTER OF HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS IN PSYCHOLOGY,

11.

(g) With the exception of those facilities established
under Article 59 § 31 (a), any facility licensed by or under
the jurisdiction of the Department may admit for the
purposes of care or treatment, or both, any person under the
age of 18 years who has any mental disorder which is
susceptible of care or treatment and whose admission to such
facility has been requested by at least one parent or his
legal guardian. The person requesting such admission must,
as a prerequisite to the admission, be able to understand
the nature of the request. The admission request must be
formal, written and assented to by an admitting physician OR
CERTIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST at the facility. No person admitted
pursuant to this subsection may be retained for more than
three days, after the person who requested his admission
requests his release, unless his admission status is changed
pursuant to § 12 of this subtitle. No person admitted
pursuant to this subsection may be retained by a facility
for any period in excess of one year unless his admission
status has been changed after initial admission or unless at
the expiration of each one—year period of inpatient
residence a new request is executed by a parent or the legal
guardian of the patient. At those facilities established