2013 Maryland Code
COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
§ 4-202 - Authority provided in Health - General Article
§4-202.
A District Court has the following authority provided in the Health - General Article:
(1) Under Title 8 of that article, the authority to commit an individual for detoxification or for observation, evaluation, or treatment of alcoholism;
(2) Under Title 8 of that article, the authority to commit an individual for observation, evaluation, or treatment of drug abuse;
(3) Under Title 10 of that article, the authority to order emergency evaluation of an individual for a mental disorder; and
(4) Under Title 12 of that article, authority as to the competency or sanity of a criminal defendant.
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