Ch. 574

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

of the person or property of a minor child of a parent for whom there is a significant
risk of dying or becoming incapacitated within a certain period; requiring a petition
for appointment of a standby guardian to contain certain information; requiring a
decree appointing a person as standby guardian to specify when the guardianship
shall become effective; providing for a parent's consent to the beginning of a
standby guardianship under certain circumstances; establishing procedures,
including forms, for the designation of a standby guardian and for the consent to the
designation of a standby guardian; providing for the beginning of the authority of a
standby guardian under this Act; requiring a standby guardian to file a certain
petition for appointment under certain circumstances; requiring a court to make an
appointment of a standby guardian under certain circumstances; providing for the
revocation of a guardianship under this Act; requiring a determination of incapacity
or debilitation under this Act to be made in a certain manner; defining certain
terms; and generally relating to the designation, appointment, and effectiveness of a
standby guardian.                                                                                                       

BY adding to

Article - Estates and Trusts
Section 13-901 through 13-908 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 9. Standby

Guardian"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Estates and Trusts

SUBTITLE 9. STANDBY GUARDIAN                                     

13-901.                               

(A)     IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B)      (1) "ATTENDING PHYSICIAN" MEANS A PHYSICIAN WHO HAS PRIMARY
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF A PARENT DESCRIBED UNDER
THIS SUBTITLE.                                                                   

(2)      IF MORE THAN ONE PHYSICIAN SHARES THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF A PARENT OR IF ANOTHER PHYSICIAN IS ACTING ON
THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN'S BEHALF, ANY PHYSICIAN DESCRIBED IN THIS
PARAGRAPH MAY ACT AS THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.

(3)      IF NO PHYSICIAN HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TREATMENT AND
CARE OF A PARENT, ANY PHYSICIAN WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PARENT'S
MEDICAL CONDITION MAY ACT AS THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE.

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