HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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(5) FOR PURPOSES OF ANNUAL EXAMINATION AND
EXECUTION OF NEW ADMISSION DOCUMENTS, AN INDIVIDUAL RELEASED
CONDITIONALLY IS CONSIDERED TO BE HELD BY THE FACILITY OR
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL FROM WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL
WAS RELEASED.
(D) OTHER RELEASES.
A FACILITY SHALL RELEASE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN
ADMITTED TO THE FACILITY WITHIN 1 YEAR AFTER THE ADMISSION
IF, BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THAT 1-YEAR PERIOD:
(1) THE INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER ADMITTED ON A
FORMAL, WRITTEN APPLICATION OR ON INFORMAL REQUEST, DOES NOT
EXECUTE A NEW APPLICATION FOR THE VOLUNTARY ADMISSION;
(2) THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN DOES NOT EXECUTE A
NEW REQUEST FOR THE VOLUNTARY ADMISSION OF THE MINOR
INDIVIDUAL; OR
(3) THE PHYSICIAN AND PSYCHOLOGIST OR 2
PHYSICIANS DO NOT EXECUTE THE NEW CERTIFICATES REQUIRED FOR
INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
(E) RECORD OF DETERMINATIONS.
EACH DETERMINATION ON ANY RELEASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL,
WHETHER FULL OR CONDITIONAL, INCLUDING A SUMMARY OF THE
REASONS FOR THE DETERMINATION, SHALL BE MADE A PERMANENT
PART OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S RECORD.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Article
59, §§ 12(e) and 18(a), (b), (c), (e), and (f).
Throughout this section, references to an
individual "admitted under this title" are
substituted for the exclusion "not detained
pursuant to the provisions of §§ 23, 24 or 27 of
this article", to the same effect since those
referenced former sections now appear in Title 12
of this article.
In subsection (a)(2) of this section, the former
reference to an "authorized representative" of
the Director is deleted as unnecessary in light
of § 10-204(c) of this title.
Subsection (c)(5) of this section, as revised,
applies to releases from a State facility
although that paragraph is derived from the third
sentence of former Article 59, § 18(b), which
applied to facilities other than State
facilities. There appeared to be no intent to
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