WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 758

(3) If an individual is diagnosed as a chronic
alcoholic, the individual shall be encouraged to consent to
treatment at an inpatient facility.

(b) When an individual is admitted to a detoxification
center, the administrative head of the center shall try to notify
the family of the individual, but need not do so if the
individual asks otherwise.

(c) (1) An individual may stay at a detoxification center
voluntarily for as long as the administrative head of the center
believes warranted.

(2) The administrative head of a center may require
an individual who is admitted to the center to stay until the
individual is no longer intoxicated or is able to decide
rationally about accepting help. However, unless a court commits
the individual under this section, the center may not keep the
individual involuntarily for more than 5 days after the
admission.

(d) (1) A petition for commitment of an individual to the
center may be filed;

(i) By the Director or the designee of the
Director; or

(ii) If the center is a facility of a
subdivision, by the governing body of that subdivision or its
designee.

(2) A petition under this subsection may be filed
with the district court in or the circuit court, in equity, for
the county where the center is located, where the individual
resides, or, if the individual has no home, from which the
individual came to the center.

(3) A petition under this subsection shall be filed
with and heard by the court, without a jury, within 5 days after
the admission of the individual to the center.

(4) The court may order commitment of the individual
for further detoxification or inpatient treatment and care, if
the court determines that the individual;

(i) Is a chronic alcoholic; and

(ii) Because of chronic or acute intoxication,
is:

1. In immediate danger of substantial
physical harm; and

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