2013 Maryland Code
HEALTH - GENERAL
§ 10-625 - Emergency involuntary admission
§10-625.
(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 unit.
(b) (1) If the examining physician is unable to have the emergency evaluee admitted to a facility, the physician shall notify the Department.
(2) Within 6 hours after notification, the Department shall provide for admission of the emergency evaluee to an appropriate facility.
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