HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(A)  ADMISSION REQUEST.

AN INDIVIDUAL MAY ASK VOLUNTARILY FOR ADMISSION TO AN
INPATIENT FACILITY, WHETHER OR NOT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN
ADMITTED TO THE FACILITY BEFORE.

(B)  DETERMINATION,

AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL ASKS FOR ADMISSION TO AN INPATIENT
FACILITY, THE MEDICAL OFFICER THEN IN CHARGE OF THE FACILITY
MAY DETERMINE WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL IS TO BE ADMITTED.
HOWEVER, THE MEDICAL OFFICER MAY NOT DENY READMISSION OF AN
INDIVIDUAL SOLELY BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL PREVIOUSLY LEFT THE
FACILITY AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE.

(C)  PATIENT HISTORY.

AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL IS ADMITTED TO AN INPATIENT
FACILITY, THE FACILITY SHALL OBTAIN, FOR DIAGNOSIS AND
CLASSIFICATION, THE COMPLETE MEDICAL, SOCIAL, OCCUPATIONAL,
AND FAMILY HISTORY OF THE INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDING A COPY OF
PERTINENT RECORDS THAT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM OTHER AGENCIES
OR MEDICAL FACILITIES.

(D)  TREATMENT.

(1)  IF A CHRONIC ALCOHOLIC CONSENTS TO INPATIENT
TREATMENT, THE INPATIENT FACILITY:

(I)  IMMEDIATELY SHALL BEGIN INTENSIVE
TREATMENT; AND

(II)  SHALL PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
FOR OUTPATIENT TREATMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

(2)  THE TREATMENT PLAN SHALL BE IN WRITING AND
AVAILABLE TO THE INDIVIDUAL.

(E)  DEPARTURES.

AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ADMITTED VOLUNTARILY TO AN
INPATIENT FACILITY MAY NOT BE DETAINED INVOLUNTARILY.
HOWEVER, REASONABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR LEAVING THE
FACILITY AND FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION FOR THAT PURPOSE
MAY BE ADOPTED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
2C, § 304(a)(1) and (2), (d), and the second and
third sentences of (c).

In subsections (a) and (e) of this section,
respectively, the former, erroneous reference to
an admission "under the provisions of Article 59,