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SOLELY BECAUSE THE DISABLED INDIVIDUAL DID NOT HAVE CAPACITY TO
CONSENT.

[(d) A physician or an individual under the direction of a
physician who treats a disabled individual is not liable for
civil damages or subject to any criminal or disciplinary penalty
solely because the disabled individual did not have capacity to
consent under this section.]

(C)(2) A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER WHO ACTS IN GOOD FAITH
RELIANCE IN A REASONABLE AND PRUDENT MANNER AND RELIES ON A
SUBSTITUTED CONSENT GIVEN UNDER SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION IS
NOT SUBJECT TO CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY OR PROFESSIONAL
DISCIPLINARY ACTION SOLELY BECAUSE OF THE RELIANCE ON THE
SUBSTITUTED CONSENT.

(3) A PERSON OR PERSONS GIVING SUBSTITUTED CONSENT
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION ARE NOT
SUBJECT TO CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY AS A RESULT OF PROVIDING
THE CONSENT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 592

(House Bill 179)

AN ACT concerning

Washington County - Recordation - Special Requirements

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the recordation of any fee simple
deed, mortgage, or deed of trust in Washington County unless
the instrument bears a certification that it has been
prepared by or under the supervision of an attorney admitted
to practice before the Court of Appeals and or by or on
behalf of one of the parties named in the instrument.

BY adding to repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Real Property

Section 3-104(f)(7)(1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: