HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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under Article 59 § 31 (a), the admission of any person under
18 years of age shall be treated as an involuntary admission
and shall be subject to the provisions of § 12 of this
article, except that a minor who has attained the age of 16
years may consent to admission for the purpose of diagnosis
and consultation pursuant to Article 43, § 135A.
Additionally, the admission of a minor by a parent to a
child or adolescent unit for the purpose of diagnosis and
consultation which is assented to by two physicians, OR ONE

PHYSICIAN AND ONE CERTIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST, OR TWO

PSYCHOLOGISTS may be treated as a voluntary admission for a
period not to exceed 20 days.

12.

(c)    Each such application for admission to a facility
shall:

(5) Be accompanied by the certificates of two
physicians, OR THE CERTIFICATES OF ONE PHYSICIAN AND ONE
CERTIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST, OR THE CERTIFICATES OF TWO CERTIFIED
PSYCHOLOGISTS that the prospective patient has a mental
disorder, and for his protection or others, needs inpatient
care or treatment.

12.

(d)   (1) Each physician's OR CERTIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST'S
certificate shall be in substantially the following form:

PHYSICIANS OS PSYCHOLOGISTS CERTIFICATE TO ACCOMPANY
APPLICATION FOR INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION

Patient's Name

At the time of my examination, the above named patient
showed the following symptoms:

Physical (Illness, Injury, Deformity)

Mental (History and Mental Status)

I hereby certify that on................... , 19......,

I, a graduate of................ Medical College and

licensed to practice in the State of Maryland, OR I, DULY
CERTIFIED TO PRACTICE PSYCHOLOGY UNDER THE PSYCHOLOGISTS'
CERTIFICATION ACT AND LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF
HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, personally examined
the above named patient and believe that he has a mental
disorder and that the disorder is of a character which, in
my opinion, requires that the patient be placed in a
facility for the treatment of the mentally disordered. I