WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                        Ch. 7

(3) Accept any reward, gift, devise, or bequest, or a
promise of a reward, gift, devise, or bequest from an inmate of
the Institution or from anyone on his behalf.

(b)  A reward, gift, devise, bequest, or promise accepted in
violation of this section is void. A contract, purchase, or sale
in which a person has an interest prohibited by subsection (a) is
voidable by the State whether or not the State is a party to it.

(c)  A member of the [board,] BOARD OF REVIEW, the director,
and an employee of the Institution shall report to the director
or [a board member] THE SECRETARY any violation of subsection (a)
within his knowledge.

(d)  A violation of this section constitutes misconduct in
office and is grounds for removal from office or employment.

8.

(a)  Any person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment
following conviction of a crime, has more than three years
remaining to serve on his sentence, [and] has not been evaluated
by or confined at the Institution within the preceding three
years, IS NOT DISQUALIFIED FROM BEING AN ELIGIBLE PERSON UNDER §
1(F)(2) OF THIS ARTICLE, AND MEETS THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
ESTABLISHED BY THE SECRETARY UNDER § 4A(C) OF THIS ARTICLE may be
referred by the Commissioner to the Institution for evaluation as
to whether he is an eligible person upon recommendation of the
sentencing court, upon application to the Commissioner by the
State's attorney of the county in which the person was last
convicted, upon application by the inmate, or upon recommendation
of [his] THE COMMISSIONER'S staff.

(b)  Within six months after referral, the person shall be
examined by an evaluation team. Before proceeding with the
examination, the evaluation team shall assemble and review all
available and relevant information about the person provided for
in § 13.

(c)  Based upon this information and its examination of the
person, the evaluation team shall determine whether in its
opinion, or in the opinion of a majority of the team, the person
is an eligible person. The evaluation team shall state its
findings in a written report which shall be delivered to the
director. The report shall state in detail the reasoning
supporting the team's conclusion with respect to each of the
criteria for an eligible person set forth in § 1 (g).

9.

(e)  A surgical operation may not be performed as part of
the psychotherapeutic treatment of an eligible person unless (1)

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