3606

VETOES

of a hearing before any judge of a District Court or circuit
court for the purpose of reviewing the petition,
interviewing the petitioner and considering all the other
pertinent data, including the report or findings of the
emergency facility, as outlined in subsection (e), where the
emergency admittee is being detained. On the basis of all
of this information the court shall make a finding to be
endorsed on the petition as to the existence of probable
cause to detain the emergency admittee for an additional
period of 96 hours beginning from the time the emergency
admittee was taken into custody, at the end of which period
the emergency admittee's detention under the provisions of
this subtitle shall terminate. If the judge does not
endorse the petition, he shall likewise indicate the fact on
the petition, and no further action shall be taken under
that petition and the emergency admittee shall be forthwith
released from custody. If the court finds that a petition
for emergency admission under this section falls within the
coverage of Section 13-709 of the Estates and Trusts
Article, it shall treat the petition as if it were a
petition for an order for emergency protective services
under that section and shall conduct the proceedings and
make findings in accordance with that section.

(e)  Within six hours after being taken into custody
and transported to an emergency facility the emergency
admittee shall be examined by a physician to determine
whether the emergency admittee meets the criteria necessary
for an involuntary admission pursuant to § 12 of this
article. If the examining physician finds that the
emergency admittee meets the criteria for involuntary
admission and is unwilling or unable to be a voluntary
patient, the physician shall take the necessary steps to
have the emergency admittee admitted to an appropriate
facility pursuant to Section 12. An appropriate facility
includes a general hospital with licensed inpatient
psychiatric units.

(f)  Whenever an emergency admittee is released from an
emergency facility and desires transportation he must be
transported to the place at which he was taken into custody.
Arrangements for this prompt transportation shall be made by
the emergency facility or if transportation by the emergency
facility is not available then by a peace officer.

(g)  Any petition for emergency admission under this
section shall be valid for the purpose of taking custody of
the emergency admittee under the procedures of this section
for a period of 10 days after the petition is endorsed by a
judge.

(h) At least once every 12 months the Department shall
publish and make available a list of emergency facilities
and their addresses. These lists shall be distributed to
every health department, District Court, circuit court,