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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 459

Involuntary Admissions and Emergency Evaluations - Liability

FOR the purpose of protecting certain individuals and
institutions from civil or criminal liability under
certain conditions relating to involuntary admissions,
emergency evaluations, and emergency involuntary
admissions; and making structural changes.

BY adding to

Article - Health - General
Section 10-618 and 10-629
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter ____ (H.B. 200) of the

Acts of the General Assembly of 1982)

BY repealing

Article - Health - General
Section 10-614(c) and 10-622(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter ____ (H.B. 200) of the

Acts of the General Assembly of 1982)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland

(as enacted by Chapter ____ (H.B. 200) of the Acts of the

General Assembly of 1982) read(s) as follows:

Article - Health - General

10-614.

[(c) A person who applies in good faith and with
reasonable grounds is not civilly or criminally liable for
making the application.]

10-622.

[(e) (1) Any petitioner who, in good faith and with
reasonable grounds, submits or completes a petition under
this section is not liable civilly or criminally for
submitting or completing the petition.

(2) Any peace officer who, in good faith and
with reasonable grounds, acts as a custodian of an emergency
evaluee is not liable civilly or criminally for acting as
custodian.]

10-618.

(A) A PERSON WHO APPLIES WHO IN GOOD FAITH AND WITH
REASONABLE GROUNDS APPLIES FOR INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION OF AN