WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 758

(a) (1) In cooperation with State and local police, the
Administration and appropriate officials of each subdivision of
this State shall have procedures under which personnel other than
the police are authorized to exercise the powers under this
section whenever feasible so that the exercise of those powers by
the police are reduced to a minimum.

(2) The police and other authorized personnel who act
under this section are acting within the scope of their official
duty.

(b) (1) The police or other authorized personnel may take
or send a publicly intoxicated individual:

(i) To the individual's home;

(ii) To a health facility; or

(iii) If the individual is unable to decide
rationally about accepting help or the individual's health is in
immediate danger, to a detoxification center.

(2) If the police use commercial means to transport
an intoxicated individual under this subsection, the police may
take reasonable measures to assure that the individual pays in
advance.

(c) Unless a criminal charge is filed, an entry of an
action under this section may not be made on the arrest or other
criminal record of the intoxicated individual.

8-502.

If, after the police arrest an intoxicated individual for a
criminal offense, the individual seems to require emergency
medical treatment, the police immediately shall take the
individual to a detoxification center or other appropriate
medical facility.

8-503.

In carrying out §§ 8-501 and 8-502 of this subtitle, the
police shall make every reasonable effort to protect the health
and safety of the intoxicated individual.

8-504.

An intoxicated individual may go voluntarily to a
detoxification center for medical or paramedical attention.
However, the center shall give priority to individuals who are
unable to decide rationally about help or otherwise are in
immediate medical danger.

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