HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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"Drug abuser" § 9-101
SUBTITLE 5. VOLUNTARY ADMISSIONS.
9-501. VOLUNTARY ADMISSIONS.

(A)  ADMISSION AUTHORIZED.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION ADOPTS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OF ANY
CERTIFIED FACILITY MAY ADMIT AS A PATIENT ANY DRUG ABUSER
WHO IS SUITABLE FOR CARE AND TREATMENT IF APPLICATION FOR
ADMISSION IS MADE:

(1)  VOLUNTARILY BY THE DRUG ABUSER; OR

(2)  BY A PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR NEXT OF KIN FOR AN
UNMARRIED MINOR IN THE LEGAL CUSTODY OF, OR DEPENDENT ON,
THE PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR NEXT OF KIN.

(B)  RETENTION.

IF, AFTER ADMISSION OF A PATIENT UNDER THIS SECTION,
THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OF THE CERTIFIED FACILITY DETERMINES
THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PATIENT, THE FACILITY
MAY KEEP THE PATIENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 30 DAYS FOR CARE AND
TREATMENT.

(C)  DISCHARGE.

(1)  EXCEPT DURING THE FIRST 10 DAYS AFTER
ADMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION, THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OF THE
CERTIFIED FACILITY MAY DISCHARGE "THE PATIENT IF:

(I)  THE PATIENT HAS RECOVERED; OR

(II)  THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD DOES NOT
CONSIDER THE PATIENT SUITABLE FOR TREATMENT IN THE CERTIFIED
FACILITY.

(2)  A DISCHARGE OF AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION DOES NOT PREVENT THE INDIVIDUAL FROM PETITIONING
FOR COMMITMENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
43B, § 7.

Throughout this section, references to "certified
facility" are substituted for "any facility
approved by the Administration pursuant to §
5(k)", "such public facility", and "the public
facility", for consistency and, since there
appeared to be no intent to limit subsections (b)
and (c) of this section to facilities of the