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Ch. 49
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(1) Licensed under Title 18 of the Health Occupations Article; and
(2) Listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in
Psychology.
10-620.
(a) In Part IV of this subtitle the following words have the meanings
indicated.
(b) "Court" means a district or circuit court of this State.
(c) "Emergency evaluee" means an individual for whom an emergency
evaluation is sought or made under Part IV of this subtitle.
(d) (1) "Emergency facility" means a facility that the Department
designates, in writing, as an emergency facility.
(2) "Emergency facility" includes a licensed general hospital that has an
emergency room, unless the Department, after consultation with the health officer,
exempts the hospital.
(e) (1) "Mental disorder" means the behavioral or other symptoms that
indicate:
(i) lb a lay petitioner who is submitting an emergency petition, a
clear disturbance in the mental functioning of another individual; and
(ii) To a physician, psychologist, [or] clinical social worker, OR A
LICENSED CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR doing an examination, at least one
mental disorder that is described in the version of the American Psychiatric
Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - Mental Disorders" that is current
at the time of the examination.
(2) "Mental disorder" does not include mental retardation.
(f) "Peace officer" means a sheriff, a deputy sheriff, a State police officer, a
county police officer, a municipal or other local police officer, or a Secret Service agent
who is a sworn special agent of the United States Secret Service or Treasury
Department authorized to exercise powers delegated under 18 U.S.C. § 3056.
10-622.
(a) A petition for emergency evaluation of an individual may be made under
this section only if the petitioner has reason to believe that the individual has a
mental disorder and that there is clear and imminent danger of the individual's doing
bodily harm to the individual or another.
(b) The petition for emergency evaluation of an individual may be made by:
(1) A physician, a psychologist, a clinical social worker, A LICENSED
CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR, or a health officer or designee of a health
officer who has examined the individual;
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