HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A FORMAL, WRITTEN
APPLICATION THAT CONTAINS THE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND IS ON
THE FORM REQUIRED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

(C)  ADMISSION LIMITATIONS.

A FACILITY MAY NOT ADMIT AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THIS
SECTION UNLESS:

(1)  THE INDIVIDUAL HAS A MENTAL DISORDER;

(2)  THE MENTAL DISORDER IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CARE
OR TREATMENT;

(3)  THE APPLICANT UNDERSTANDS THE NATURE OF A
REQUEST FOR ADMISSION; AND

(4)  ASSENT TO THE ADMISSION HAS BEEN GIVEN:

(I)  BY THE ADMITTING PHYSICIAN OF THE
FACILITY; OR

(II)  FOR A CHILD OR ADOLESCENT UNIT OF A
STATE FACILITY, BY A PHYSICIAN AND PSYCHOLOGIST OR BY 2
PHYSICIANS.

(D)  RETENTION LIMITED.

AN ADMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION TO A CHILD OR
ADOLESCENT UNIT OF A STATE FACILITY MAY NOT EXCEED 20 DAYS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the first and
second sentences of former Article 59, § 11(d)
and the first, second, third, and eighth
sentences of (g).

In subsection (a) of this section, the term
"guardian of the person" is substituted for the
references to a "legal guardian", to conform to
the terminology used in the Estates and Trusts
Article.

In subsection (a)(1) of this section, the defined
term "State facility" is substituted for the
reference to' "those facilities established under
Article 59, § 31(a)". This substitution includes
additional State facilities, because the revision
of former Article 59, § 31(a) -- in § 10-406(a)
of this title -- lists all facilities currently
assigned to the Administration as State
facilities. The Administration indicates that,
in practice, the prohibition on voluntary
admission of a minor to a State facility applies
to 3 of the 5 additional facilities now listed in