Section 10-620 – Definitions
(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 […]
Section 10-621 – List of Emergency Facilities
(a) At least once a year, the Department shall: (1) Publish a list of emergency facilities and their addresses; and (2) Give the list to each health department, judge of a court, sheriff’s office, police station, local behavioral health authority, and Secret Service office in this State. (b) The list published under subsection (a)(1) of this section may include: […]
Section 10-622 – Petition for Emergency Evaluation
(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: (1) Has a mental disorder; and (2) Presents a danger to the life or safety of the individual or of others. (b) (1) The petition for emergency evaluation of an individual may be made […]
Section 10-623 – Action on Petition of Lay Petitioner
(a) If the petitioner under Part IV of this subtitle is not a physician, psychologist, clinical social worker, licensed clinical professional counselor, clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing, psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed clinical marriage and family therapist, health officer or designee of a health officer, or peace officer, the petitioner shall present the […]
Section 10-624 – Emergency Facility
(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, psychologist, clinical social worker, licensed clinical professional counselor, clinical […]
Section 10-625 – Emergency Involuntary Admission
(a) If an emergency evaluee meets the requirements for an involuntary admission and is unable or unwilling to agree to a voluntary admission under this subtitle, the examining physician shall take the steps needed for involuntary admission of the emergency evaluee to an appropriate facility, which may be a general hospital with a licensed inpatient psychiatric […]
Section 10-626 – Emergency Evaluation of Arrested Individuals
(a) A court may order, at any time, an emergency evaluation under Part IV of this subtitle of an individual who has been arrested, if the court finds probable cause to believe that the individual has a mental disorder and the individual presents a danger to the life or safety of the individual or of others. […]
Section 10-627 – Notice of Admission of Individual 65 or Older
On the first work day after admission of an emergency evaluee who is 65 years old or older, the geriatric evaluation team in the county where the emergency evaluee resides shall be informed.
Section 10-628 – Reimbursement for Services Provided Under Emergency Petition
(a) (1) If an emergency evaluee cannot pay or does not have insurance that covers the charges for emergency services, an initial consultant examination by a physician or nurse practitioner, and transportation to an emergency facility and, for an involuntary admission of the emergency evaluee, to the admitting facility, the Department shall pay the appropriate party the […]
Section 10-629 – Exemption From Liability
(a) Any petitioner who submits or completes a petition under Part IV of this subtitle shall have the immunity from liability described under § 5-624(b) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article. (b) Any peace officer who acts as a custodian of an emergency evaluee shall have the immunity from liability described under § 5-624(c) of the […]