HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Defined terms: "Admission" § 7-101
"Department" § 1-101 "Secretary" § 1-101

7-506. ADDITIONAL NOTICE OF ADMISSION AND RIGHTS.

(A)  PREPARATION OF FORM.

THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL PREPARE AND PROVIDE EACH
FACILITY WITH STANDARD FORMS THAT PROVIDE, IN CLEAR AND
SIMPLE WORDS, AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

(1)  NOTICE OF THE ADMISSION OF AN INDIVIDUAL;

(2)  THE RIGHT OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO CONSULT WITH
A LAWYER THAT THE INDIVIDUAL CHOOSES;

(3)  THE AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICES OF THE
LEGAL AID BUREAUS, LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICES, AND OTHER
AGENCIES THAT EXIST FOR THE REFERRAL OF INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED
LEGAL COUNSEL; AND

(4)  IN SUBSTANCE, THE PROVISIONS:

(I)  ON ADMISSIONS IN THIS SUBTITLE;

(II)  ON THE RIGHTS OF MENTALLY RETARDED
INDIVIDUALS UNDER §§ 7-601, 7-602, 7-603, 7-606, AND 7-902
OF THIS TITLE; AND

(III)  ON RELEASE UNDER § 7-703 OF THIS

TITLE.

(B)  DISTRIBUTION.

IN ADDITION TO THE NOTICE REQUIRED UNDER § 7-505 OF
THIS SUBTITLE, THE FORM PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION SHALL
BE GIVEN:

(1)  ON ADMISSION, TO THE INDIVIDUAL; AND

(2)  AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT NO LATER THAN 5
DAYS AFTER THE ADMISSION, TO THE PROPONENT OF THE ADMISSION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
59A, § 12(a) and (d).

In subsection (a)(4)(ii) and (iii) of this
section, reference to §§ 7-606 and 7-703 of this
title are added to reflect that former Article
59A, § 12(b) and (c) now are revised in those
referenced sections of this title. This addition
is based on the requirement of former Article
59A, § 12(d) that the form include "the substance