HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               2197

MINOR'S PARENT, CUSTODIAN, OR GUARDIAN THAT THE MINOR HAS
BEEN ADMITTED. A MINOR SHALL NOT BE VOLUNTARILY ADMITTED
UNDER THIS SECTION FOR ABORTION OR STERILIZATION PROCEDURES.

(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 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] 14 years
[may consent to admission for the purpose of diagnosis and
consultation pursuant to Article 43, § 135A] MAY BE
VOLUNTARILY ADMITTED IF HE THE MINOR REQUESTS ADMISSION AND
MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR VOLUNTARY ADMISSION SET FORTH IN §§
11(A) AND (B)(1) OF THIS ARTICLE. FOR PURPOSES OF SUCH
VOLUNTARY ADMISSIONS, THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 43, § 135A
SHALL APPLY. Additionally, the admission of a minor by a
parent OR LEGAL GUARDIAN to a child or adolescent unit for
the purpose of diagnosis and consultation TREATMENT which is
assented to by two physicians, or one physician and one
certified psychologist may be treated as a voluntary
admission for a period not to exceed 20 days.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 535
(Senate Bill 437)
AN ACT concerning