HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(L) THIS SECTION MAY NOT PREVENT THE SECRETARY FROM
EXERCISING ANY OF HIS POWERS CONFERRED BY ARTICLE 43 OF THE
CODE

(M) THE DIRECTOR MAY REQUEST THAT THE SECRETARY FILE A
PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER WITH RESPECT TO A
NURSING HOME. IF THE SECRETARY, AFTER INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATION, REASONABLY BELIEVES THAT GROUNDS EXIST FOR
THE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER, THEN THE SECRETARY MAY
PETITION FOR A RECEIVER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 6, 1980.

CHAPTER 273

(House Bill 308)

AN ACT concerning

Nursing Homes - Resident Abuse

FOR the purpose of providing for a method means of reporting
suspected incidents of abuse of patient residents of
nursing homes; providing for investigation by law
enforcement agencies of incidents of abuse; defining
certain terms; providing for certain written reports to
be prepared by law enforcement agencies; providing
immunity from civil liability for certain persons
making good faith reports; requiring the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene to supply a sign signs to
each nursing home specifying the reporting requirements
of this Act and requiring each facility nursing home to
post the sign signs in certain locations; providing for
criminal penalties; and generally relating to the
procedure for reporting abuse of certain resident
patients of nursing homes.

BY adding to

Article 43 - Health

Section 780B 565G

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: