Maryland Statutes
Health - General
Title 10 - Mental Health Law

Section 10-406.1 - Comparability of Regional Institutes for Children and Adolescents in Baltimore and Montgomery Counties - (a) The Regional Institutes for Children and Adolescents in Baltimore...

Section 10-407 - Duty of Director - The Director shall set standards for admission to a State...

Section 10-408 - Administrative Heads - (a) With the advice of the Director, the Secretary shall...

Section 10-409 - Laundry Contracts of Eastern Shore Hospital Center - The administrative head of the Eastern Shore Hospital Center shall:...

Section 10-410 - Citizens' Advisory Boards Established - There is a citizens’ advisory board for each State facility.

Section 10-411 - Boards -- Membership - (a) (1) (i) Except for the Eastern Shore Hospital Center,...

Section 10-412 - Boards -- Officers - (a) From among its members, each Board shall elect a...

Section 10-413 - Boards -- Meetings; Compensation - (a) Each Board shall meet at least 4 times a...

Section 10-414 - Boards -- Powers and Duties - (a) Each Board may adopt rules and regulations for the...

Section 10-415 - Pay Scales -- Certain Upward Adjustments - (a) (1) In this subsection, “facility” means: (i) The Clifton...

Part III - Maryland Psychiatric Research Center

Section 10-417 - Definitions - (a) In Part III of this subtitle the following words...

Section 10-418 - Center Established - There is a Maryland Psychiatric Research Center in the Department.

Section 10-419 - Executive Board for Center - There is an Executive Board for the Center.

Section 10-420 - Executive Board -- Membership - The Executive Board consists of the following 5 ex officio...

Section 10-421 - Executive Board -- Officers - (a) From among its members, the Executive Board shall elect...

Section 10-422 - Executive Board -- Duties - The Executive Board of the Center shall develop policy for...

Section 10-423 - Superintendent and Other Staff - (a) By joint action, the Director and the Chairman of...

Section 10-424 - Duties of Center - The Center shall: (1) Be maintained as a State facility...

Section 10-425 - Research Programs - Research programs shall be carried out under the general supervision...

Section 10-426 - Technical Review Committee Established - There is a technical review committee in the Center.

Section 10-427 - Committee -- Membership - (a) The technical review committee consists of the following 11...

Section 10-428 - Committee -- Officers - (a) From among its members, the technical review committee shall...

Section 10-429 - Committee -- Duties - The technical review committee shall: (1) Provide peer review over...

Subtitle 5 - Private Facilities

Part I - General Provisions for Facilities

Section 10-501 - "License" Defined - In Part I of this subtitle, “license” means a license...

Section 10-502 - Rules and Regulations - (a) The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations for licensing...

Section 10-503 - License Required - In addition to holding any other license required by law,...

Section 10-504 - Qualifications of Applicants - To qualify for a license, an applicant shall: (1) Have...

Section 10-505 - Applications for Licenses - (a) An applicant for a license shall submit an application...

Section 10-506 - Investigation of Applicant - When an application for a license is filed, the Department...

Section 10-507 - Issuance of License - The Department shall issue a license to any applicant who...

Section 10-508 - Scope of License - A license authorizes the licensee to operate a private facility...

Section 10-509 - Inspections - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...

Section 10-510 - Denials, Suspensions, and Revocations - (a) The Department shall deny a license to any applicant...

Section 10-511 - Review - Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Department...

Part II - Special Provisions for Private Group Homes

Section 10-514 - Definitions - (a) In Part II of this subtitle the following words...

Section 10-516 - Rules and Regulations - (a) A private group home shall be licensed in accordance...

Section 10-518 - Qualifications of Applicants - (a) A small private group home: (1) Is deemed conclusively...

Section 10-519 - Applications for Licenses - (a) An applicant for a license shall submit an application...

Section 10-524 - Review - Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Secretary...

Subtitle 6 - Admission Provisions

Part I - Definitions; General Provisions

Section 10-601 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 10-602 - Admissions Authorized - A facility or a Veterans’ Administration hospital may admit an...

Section 10-603 - Limitations on Admissions -- Geriatric Evaluations - (a) This section does not apply to an individual who...

Section 10-605 - Report on Admission - (a) Within 10 days after admission of an individual to...

Part II - Voluntary Admissions

Section 10-608 - Scope of Part Ii - A veteran may be admitted voluntarily to a Veterans’ Administration...

Section 10-609 - Application by Individual - (a) Except as provided in § 10–611 of this subtitle,...

Section 10-610 - Application by Parent or Guardian - (a) On behalf of a minor, a parent or guardian...

Section 10-611 - Voluntary Admission of Disabled Person - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Part III - Involuntary Admissions

Section 10-613 - "Involuntary Admission" Defined - In this part, “involuntary admission” includes every admission of a...

Section 10-614 - Applicants - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 10-615 - Applications - Each application for involuntary admission to a facility or Veterans’...

Section 10-616 - Certificates - (a) (1) A certificate for involuntary admission of an individual...

Section 10-617 - Admission Limitations - (a) A facility or Veterans’ Administration hospital may not admit...

Section 10-618 - Exemption From Liability - (a) A person who applies for involuntary admission of an...

Section 10-619 - Individual Certified by Physician, Psychologist, or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Within 12 hours of notification by a physician, licensed psychologist,...

Part IV - Emergency Evaluations

Section 10-620 - Definitions - (a) In Part IV of this subtitle the following words...

Section 10-621 - List of Emergency Facilities - (a) At least once a year, the Department shall: (1)...

Section 10-622 - Petition for Emergency Evaluation - (a) A petition for emergency evaluation of an individual may...

Section 10-623 - Action on Petition of Lay Petitioner - (a) If the petitioner under Part IV of this subtitle...

Section 10-624 - Emergency Facility - (a) (1) A peace officer shall take an emergency evaluee...

Section 10-625 - Emergency Involuntary Admission - (a) If an emergency evaluee meets the requirements for an...

Section 10-626 - Emergency Evaluation of Arrested Individuals - (a) A court may order, at any time, an emergency...

Section 10-627 - Notice of Admission of Individual 65 or Older - On the first work day after admission of an emergency...

Section 10-628 - Reimbursement for Services Provided Under Emergency Petition - (a) (1) If an emergency evaluee cannot pay or does...

Section 10-629 - Exemption From Liability - (a) Any petitioner who submits or completes a petition under...

Section 10-630 - Court Records Relating to a Petition for Emergency Evaluation - (a) All court records relating to a petition for an...

Part V - Hearings on Admission

Section 10-631 - Notice of Admission Status and Hearing Rights - (a) The Administration shall prepare and provide each facility with...

Section 10-632 - Notice and Time of Hearing; Hearing Officer; Decision - (a) Any individual proposed for involuntary admission under Part III...

Section 10-633 - Final Decision - The determination of a hearing officer on an involuntary admission...

Subtitle 7 - Rights of Mentally Ill Individuals in Facilities

Section 10-701 - Enumerated - (a) (1) In this subtitle the following words have the...

Section 10-702 - Communications - (a) (1) Subject to any reasonable limitation that a facility...

Section 10-703 - Visitors - (a) Each individual in a facility shall be entitled to...

Section 10-704 - Civil Rights Generally - An individual may not be deprived of the right to...

Section 10-705 - Abuse Prohibited - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 10-706 - Treatment Plan; Rehabilitation Plan - (a) (1) Except as provided by paragraph (2) of this...

Section 10-707 - Physically Intrusive Research - An individual in a facility has the right to refuse...

Section 10-708 - Refusal of Medication; Clinical Review Panel - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 10-709 - Aftercare Plan - (a) In accordance with § 10-809 of this title, a...

Section 10-710 - Treatment of Minors - (a) Each minor who is being cared for or treated...

Section 10-711 - Director's Access - On request, the administrative head of each facility shall give...

Section 10-712 - Records - (a) (1) Each facility shall keep complete records for each...

Section 10-713 - Reports of Deaths - (a) (1) In this section, “program or facility” means an...

Subtitle 8 - Release and Transfers

Section 10-801 - "Release" Defined - In this subtitle, “release” means a permanent, temporary, absolute, or...

Section 10-802 - Duty of Director - If the Director finds that any individual is held by...

Section 10-803 - Voluntary Admissions - (a) An individual who is admitted voluntarily to a facility,...

Section 10-804 - Habeas Corpus - (a) Any individual who has been admitted to a facility...

Section 10-805 - Judicial Release - (a) Subject to the limitations in this section, a petition...

Section 10-806 - Administrative Release - (a) In this section, “responsible official” means: (1) If the...

Section 10-807 - Transfers Between Facilities - (a) In this section, “public facility” means a facility under...

Section 10-808 - Transfers and Commitments to Federal Agencies - (a) In this section, “federal agency” means the Department of...

Section 10-809 - Aftercare Plan - (a) Whenever a release of an individual from a facility...

Section 10-810 - Time - A release under this subtitle shall be made between 9...

Section 10-811 - Inmates - An individual who was admitted to a facility from an...

Section 10-812 - Transfers to Developmental Disabilities Administration - (a) The Behavioral Health Administration may ask the Developmental Disabilities...

Section 10-813 - Compensation for Initial Assessment - The Administration shall compensate case managers or other appropriate community...

Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Part I - Community Mental Health Services

Section 10-901.1 - Financial Statements and Salary Information - (a) A community mental health services program shall submit annually...

Section 10-902 - Use of Funds - (a) (1) In accordance with the State budget and the...

Section 10-902.1 - Transition Funding Option - (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, the Secretary shall...

Section 10-903 - Community Programs - (a) (1) The governing body of any county may apply...

Section 10-904 - Responsibilities of Health Officers - (a) Except in Montgomery County, the health officer for a...

Part III - Enforcement

Section 10-917 - Employees as Law Enforcement Officers - The administrative head of any facility may appoint any employee...

Part IV - Community Residential Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents

Section 10-920 - "Private Therapeutic Group Home" Defined - In this part, “private therapeutic group home” means a small...

Section 10-921 - Duties of Director - The Director shall: (1) Supervise the care and residential treatment...

Section 10-922 - Rules and Regulations - The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations that: (1) Ensure...

Section 10-923 - Placement of Child or Adolescent in Private Therapeutic Group Home - (a) Application for placement of a child or adolescent in...

Section 10-924 - Individual Treatment Plan - (a) Each private therapeutic group home shall make and periodically...

Section 10-925 - Director's Plan - (a) On or before January 1, 1985, the Director shall...

Section 10-926 - Evaluation of Private Therapeutic Group Homes - (a) At least once a year, the Director, in conjunction...

Subtitle 10 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Civil Liability

Section 10-1001 - Operating Without License - (a) A person may not operate a private, inpatient facility...

Section 10-1002 - False Application or Certificate; Unlawful Detention - (a) A person may not: (1) Knowingly make a false...

Section 10-1003 - Interference With Rights - (a) A person may not interfere knowingly with the rights...

Section 10-1004 - Records - A person who fails to comply with any provision of...

Subtitle 11 - Short Title

Section 10-1101 - Short Title - This title may be cited as the Maryland Mental Health...

Subtitle 12 - Core Service Agencies, Local Addictions Authorities, and Local Behavioral Health Authorities

Section 10-1201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 10-1202 - Powers and Duties, Organizations, Etc - (a) A core service agency, local addictions authority, or local...

Section 10-1202.1 - Quasi-Public Authority in Howard County - (a) This section applies only to Howard County. (b) (1)...

Section 10-1203 - Authority of Director; Termination; Funding - (a) To the extent resources are available, the Director, after...

Subtitle 13 - Uniform Act for the Extradition of Persons of Unsound Mind

Section 10-1301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 10-1302 - Persons Subject to Subtitle; Action on Demand - (a) This section applies to a person alleged to be...

Section 10-1303 - Procedures - (a) (1) This subsection applies whenever the executive authority of...

Section 10-1304 - Limitations - Any proceedings under this subtitle shall begin within 1 year...

Section 10-1305 - Effect of Subtitle - This subtitle shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate its...

Section 10-1306 - Short Title - This subtitle is the Uniform Act for the Extradition of...

Subtitle 14 - Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System

Section 10-1401 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 10-1402 - Crisis Response System - (a) There is a Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System...

Section 10-1403 - Crisis Response Services - (a) The Crisis Response System shall include: (1) A crisis...

Section 10-1404 - Funding - The Administration shall implement the Crisis Response System, in collaboration...

Section 10-1405 - Contract With Service Providers - The Crisis Response System providers shall contract with service providers...

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Title 10 - Mental Health Law