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Ch. 47
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2007 Laws of Maryland
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(ii) 1. A. on admission to a hospital for the child's
delivery, the mother tested positive for a drug as evidenced by a positive toxicology
test; or
B. upon the birth of the child, the child tested positive
for a drug as evidenced by a positive toxicology test; and
2. the mother refused the level of drug treatment
recommended by a qualified addictions specialist, as defined in § 5-1201 of this title,
or by a physician or psychologist, as defined in the Health Occupations Article;
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2007.
Approved by the Governor, April 10, 2007.
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CHAPTER 48
(House Bill 340)
AN ACT concerning
Drug-Exposed Infants - Methamphetamine
FOR the purpose of expanding the definition of a drug-exposed infant to include
exposure to methamphetamine; and generally relating to drug exposed infants
altering the conditions that establish a certain presumption that a child is in
need of assistance by adding methamphetamine to certain provisions relating to
drugs to which a child was born exposed or for which a mother tested positive
upon admission to a hospital for delivery of a child: including
methamphetamine within the definition of the term "drug" for purposes of
certain factors a juvenile court is required to consider in determining whether
termination of a parent's rights is in a child's best interests: and generally
relating to children in need of assistance and termination of parental rights.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 3-818
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2006 Replacement Volume)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
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