HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Defined terms: "Admission" § 10-101
"Includes"/"including" § 1-101
"State facility" § 10-101

10-614. APPLICANTS.

(A)  IN GENERAL.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION,
APPLICATION FOR INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO A
FACILITY OR VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL MAY BE MADE
UNDER PART III OF THIS SUBTITLE BY ANY PERSON WHO HAS A
LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE WELFARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

(B)  INMATES.

IF THE ADMINISTRATION AGREES TO PAY THE APPROPRIATE
EXPENSES, APPLICATION FOR INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION TO A
FACILITY OF AN INMATE IN AN INSTITUTION UNDER THE DIVISION
OF CORRECTION OR THE PATUXENT INSTITUTION MAY BE MADE UNDER
PART III OF THIS SUBTITLE BY THE DIVISION OR THE PATUXENT
INSTITUTION.

(C)  LIABILITY OF APPLICANT.

A PERSON WHO APPLIES IN GOOD FAITH AND WITH REASONABLE
GROUNDS IS NOT CIVILLY OR CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR MAKING THE
APPLICATION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the first and
fourth clauses of the first sentence and the
entire second sentence of former Article 59, §
12(b) and the first sentence of § 16.

The second sentence of former Article 59, § 16,
which enabled the Director to choose a facility
for an inmate, is deleted as unnecessary in light
of the requirement for agreement by the
Administration to pay expenses before application
may be made.

The fourth sentence of former Article 59, § 16,
which gave the inmate the same rights and
obligations as other involuntary admittees, is
deleted as unnecessary since, in the provisions
of Parts III and V of this subtitle no
distinction is made in status before admission.
The distinction in Subtitle 8 of this title
reflects the third sentence of former Article 59,
§ 16, which required release to the Division or
Patuxent Institute.

Defined terms: "Administration" § 10-101