Section 10-804 – Habeas Corpus
(a) Any individual who has been admitted to a facility or Veterans’ Administration hospital or any person on behalf of the individual may apply at any time to a court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of habeas corpus to determine the cause and the legality of the detention. (b) The Director, in the name of the […]
Section 10-702 – Communications
(a) (1) Subject to any reasonable limitation that a facility imposes, each individual in the facility shall have access, at all reasonable hours, to writing instruments, stationery, and postage and may use them to write to anyone. (2) The correspondence of the individual shall be sent to the addressee without delay, and except under the direction of the […]
Section 10-703 – Visitors
(a) Each individual in a facility shall be entitled to converse privately with and receive visits: (1) At all reasonable hours, from a lawyer that the individual chooses; (2) At all reasonable hours, from a clergyman that the individual chooses; and (3) During reasonable visiting hours that the facility sets, from any other visitor if the individual wishes to […]
Section 10-704 – Civil Rights Generally
An individual may not be deprived of the right to vote or to receive, hold, and dispose of property solely because the individual is in a facility or a Veterans’ Administration hospital for a mental disorder.
Section 10-705 – Abuse Prohibited
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) (i) “Abuse” means cruel or inhumane treatment that causes: 1. Any physical injury; or 2. Any of the following kinds of sexual abuse: A. A sexual act, as defined in § 3–301 of the Criminal Law Article; B. Sexual contact, as defined in § 3–301 of the Criminal Law Article; […]
Section 10-706 – Treatment Plan; Rehabilitation Plan
(a) (1) Except as provided by paragraph (2) of this subsection, promptly after admission of an individual, a facility shall make and periodically update a written plan of treatment for the individual in the facility, in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle. (2) Promptly after admission of an individual to a psychosocial center, the center shall make […]
Section 10-707 – Physically Intrusive Research
An individual in a facility has the right to refuse to participate as a subject in physically intrusive research conducted at the facility.
Section 10-708 – Refusal of Medication; Clinical Review Panel
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Lay advisor” means an individual at a facility, who is knowledgeable about mental health practice and who assists individuals with rights complaints. (3) “Medication” means psychiatric medication prescribed for the treatment of a mental disorder. (4) “Panel” means a clinical review panel that determines, under the provisions […]
Section 10-709 – Aftercare Plan
(a) In accordance with § 10-809 of this title, a facility shall prepare a written aftercare plan for an individual who has been accepted as a resident in the facility before that individual is released from the facility. (b) The aftercare plan prepared under this section shall be offered to individuals who have been accepted as residents […]
Section 10-710 – Treatment of Minors
(a) Each minor who is being cared for or treated in a residential, State facility shall be placed in a unit for minors and may not be placed in a unit where adults are placed, unless the individual plan of treatment for the minor provides otherwise. (b) A person, on behalf of the minor, may file a […]