HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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BY renumbering

Article - Health - General
Section 10-633
to be Section 10-634
Annotated Code of Maryland

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

of the General Assembly of 1982)

BY adding to

Article - Health - General
Section 10-618 and 10-633
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

10-617.

(a) A facility or Veterans' Administration hospital
may not admit the individual under Part III of this subtitle
unless:

(1)  The individual has a mental disorder;

(2)  The individual needs [in-residence medical]
IN-PATIENT care or treatment [for the protection of the
individual or another];

(3)  THE INDIVIDUAL PRESENTS A DANGER TO THE LIFE
OR SAFETY OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR OF OTHERS;

[(3)] (4) The individual is unable or unwilling
to be admitted voluntarily; and

[(4)] (5) There is no available, less
restrictive form of intervention that is consistent with the
welfare and safety of the individual.

10-618.

WITHIN 6 12 HOURS OF NOTIFICATION BY A PHYSICIAN OR
LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST WHO HAS CERTIFIED AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER
PART III OF THIS SUBTITLE, A FACILITY OPERATED BY THE