1742                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 148

(1)  AN EMERGENCY ORDER FOR PROTECTIVE SERVICES UNDER
TITLE 13, SUBTITLE 7 OF THE ESTATES AND TRUSTS ARTICLE;

(2)  THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON UNDER
TITLE 13, SUBTITLE 7 OF THE ESTATES AND TRUSTS ARTICLE; OR

(3)  THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN OF THE PROPERTY
UNDER TITLE 13, SUBTITLE 2 OF THE ESTATES AND TRUSTS ARTICLE.

(C)  THE DIRECTOR SHALL SUBMIT WITH ANY PETITION FILED UNDER
THIS SECTION THE FINDINGS OF THE INVESTIGATION UNDER § 14-303 OF
THIS SUBTITLE, INCLUDING:

(1)  AN EVALUATION OF THE MEDICAL, PSYCHIATRIC, AND
SOCIAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE INDIVIDUAL'S CONDITION; AND

(2)  A DESCRIPTION OF RECOMMENDED SERVICES.

(D)  THE DIRECTOR SHALL NOTIFY THE STATE DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE ON AGING OR DIRECTOR OF THE LOCAL OFFICE ON AGING, AS
APPROPRIATE, OF EACH GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDING THAT THE DIRECTOR
INSTITUTES UNDER THIS SUBTITLE THAT INVOLVES AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
65 YEARS OLD OR OLDER.

(E)  IF AS A RESULT OF A PROCEEDING THAT THE DIRECTOR
INSTITUTES UNDER THIS SUBTITLE THE COURT APPOINTS THE DIRECTOR AS
GUARDIAN, THE GUARDIANSHIP:

(1)  SHALL TRANSFER AUTOMATICALLY TO EACH INDIVIDUAL
WHO BECOMES DIRECTOR, UNLESS THE COURT TERMINATES THE
GUARDIANSHIP; AND

(2)  MAY NOT BE DELEGATED TO ANY OTHER PERSON.
14-308.

(A)  SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION, THE IDENTITY OF ANY PERSON WHO MAKES A REPORT UNDER §
14-302 OF THIS SUBTITLE SHALL BE CONFIDENTIAL.

(B)  THE IDENTITY OF A PERSON WHO MAKES A REPORT UNDER §
14-302 OF THIS SUBTITLE MAY BE DISCLOSED IF:

(1)  THE PERSON CONSENTS; OR

(2)  THE COURT ORDERS THE DISCLOSURE.

14-309.

ANY PERSON WHO IN GOOD FAITH MAKES OR PARTICIPATES IN MAKING
A REPORT UNDER THIS SUBTITLE OR PARTICIPATES IN AN INVESTIGATION
OR A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING RESULTING FROM A REPORT UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE IS IMMUNE FROM ANY CIVIL LIABILITY THAT WOULD OTHERWISE
RESULT.