Ch. 7

LAWS OF MARYLAND

the provisions of Article 27, § 412 of the Code, [or] (ii) is
serving 1 or more sentences of imprisonment for life when a court
or jury has found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that one or more
aggravating circumstances existed under the provisions of Article
27, § 413 of the Code, OR (III) HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN
THE FIRST DEGREE, RAPE IN THE FIRST DEGREE, OR A SEXUAL OFFENSE
IN THE FIRST DEGREE, UNLESS THE SENTENCING JUDGE, AT THE TIME OF
SENTENCING OR IN THE EXERCISE OF THE JUDGE'S REVISORY POWER AND
CONTROL UNDER THE MARYLAND RULES, RECOMMENDS THAT THE PERSON BE
REFERRED TO THE INSTITUTION FOR EVALUATION.

[(h)] (G) "Evaluation team" means a team of at least three

professional employees of the Institution, one of whom shall be a

social worker or behavioral scientist, one a psychologist, and
one a psychiatrist.

[(i)] (H) "Institution" means the Patuxent Institution.

[(j)] (I) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Public Safety
and Correctional Services.

(J) "VICTIM" MEANS:

(1) A PERSON WHO SUFFERS PERSONAL PHYSICAL INJURY OR
DEATH AS A DIRECT RESULT OF A CRIME; OR

(2) IF THE VICTIM IS DECEASED, A DESIGNATED FAMILY
MEMBER OF THE VICTIM.

2.

(a)  The Patuxent Institution is created and continued as
part of the Department.

(b)  The purpose of the Institution is to provide efficient
and adequate programs and services for [the] treatment [and] WITH
THE GOAL OF rehabilitation of eligible persons. This shall
include a range of program alternatives indicated by the current
state of knowledge to be appropriate and effective for the
population being served. As an integral part of the program an
effective research and development effort should be established
and maintained to evaluate and recommend improvements on an
on-going basis.

[3.

(a) There is a board of Patuxent Institution. It consists
of 17 persons appointed as follows:

(1) The Director of Mental Hygiene, the Commissioner
of Correction, and the Director of Parole and Probation serve ex
officio;

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