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Ch. 49
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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10-623.
(a) If the petitioner under Part IV of this subtitle is not a physician, a
psychologist, a clinical social worker, A LICENSED CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL
COUNSELOR, a health officer or designee of a health officer, or a peace officer, the
petitioner shall present the petition to the court for immediate review.
(b) After review of the petition, the court shall endorse the petition if the court
finds probable cause to believe that the emergency evaluee has shown the symptoms
of a mental disorder and that there appears to be clear and imminent danger of the
emergency evaluee's doing bodily harm to the emergency evaluee or another.
(c) If the court does not find probable cause, the court shall indicate that fact
on the petition, and no further action may be taken under the petition.
10-624.
(a) (1) A peace officer shall take an emergency evaluee to the nearest
emergency facility if the peace officer has a petition under Part IV of this subtitle
that:
(i) Has been endorsed by a court within the last 5 days; or
(ii) Is signed and submitted by a physician, a psychologist, a clinical
social worker, A LICENSED CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR, a health officer or
designee of a health officer, or a peace officer.
(2) After a peace officer takes the emergency evaluee to an emergency
facility, the peace officer need not stay unless, because the emergency evaluee is
violent, a physician asks the supervisor of the peace officer to have the peace officer
stay.
(3) A peace officer shall stay until the supervisor responds to the request
for assistance. If the emergency evaluee is violent, the supervisor shall allow the
peace officer to stay.
(4) If a physician asks that a peace officer stay, a physician shall
examine the emergency evaluee as promptly as possible.
(b) (1) If the petition is executed properly, the emergency facility shall
accept the emergency evaluee.
(2) Within 6 hours after an emergency evaluee is brought to an
emergency facility, a physician shall examine the emergency evaluee, to determine
whether the emergency evaluee meets the requirements for involuntary admission.
(3) Promptly after the examination, the emergency evaluee shall be
released unless the emergency evaluee:
(i) Asks for voluntary admission; or
(ii) Meets the requirements for involuntary admission.
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