Ch. 575                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(B)      IF REQUESTED BY A STANDBY GUARDIAN, AN ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
SHALL MAKE A DETERMINATION REGARDING THE PARENT'S INCAPACITY OR
DEBILITATION FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(C)      IF THE PARENT IS ABLE TO COMPREHEND THE INFORMATION, A
STANDBY GUARDIAN SHALL INFORM THE PARENT OF:

      (1) THE BEGINNING OF THE STANDBY GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY AS A
RESULT OF A DETERMINATION OF INCAPACITY; AND

(2) THE PARENT'S RIGHT TO REVOKE THE AUTHORITY PROMPTLY
AFTER RECEIPT OF THE DETERMINATION OF INCAPACITY.

13-907.

(A)     THE BEGINNING OF A STANDBY GUARDIAN'S AUTHORITY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH A DETERMINATION OF INCAPACITY, DETERMINATION OF
DEBILITATION, OR CONSENT MAY NOT, ITSELF, DIVEST A PARENT OF ANY
PARENTAL OR GUARDIANSHIP RIGHTS.

(B)     THE AUTHORITY OF A STANDBY GUARDIAN WITH RESPECT TO THE
MINOR IS LIMITED TO THE EXPRESS AUTHORITY GRANTED TO THE STANDBY
GUARDIAN BY A COURT UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.

13-908.

THE FURNISHING OF A BOND BY A STANDBY GUARDIAN SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY THE PROVISIONS OF § 13-208 OF THIS TITLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 26, 1994.

CHAPTER 575
(House Bill 619)

AN ACT concerning

Foster Care - Permanency Plan

FOR the purpose of clarifying that the best interests of the child be the primary
consideration in the development of permanency plans for children in foster care;
requiring a local department of social services to consider certain factors in
determining the best interests of a child in foster care; adding a certain type of
placement to the list of permissible permanency plans; altering a provision relating
to long-term foster care; and generally relating to the development of a permanency
plan for a child in foster care.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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