HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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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 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] LICENSED psychologist, 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:

(1)  Be in writing and dated;

(2)  Be in such form as may be required by the
Department; or in respect to Veterans' Administration
hospitals, meets the requirements of that administration;

(3)  Contain a description of the relationship of
the applicant to the prospective patient;

(4)  Be signed by the applicant[, and];

(5)  Be accompanied by the certificates of two
physicians, or the certificates of one physician and one
[certified] LICENSED psychologist that the prospective
patient has a mental disorder, and for his protection or
others, needs inpatient care or treatment[.]; AND

(6)   [It may contain] CONTAIN such additional
information as the Department may require.

(d) (1) Each physician's or [certified] LICENSED
psychologist's certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:

PHYSICIANS OR PSYCHOLOGISTS CERTIFICATE TO ACCOMPANY
APPLICATION FOR INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION

Patient's Name .............................................