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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-603" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Admission Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to an individual who is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Transferred from a facility of another state to a State facility under the Interstate Compact on Mental Health; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Admitted after an emergency evaluation under Part IV of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to the other requirements of this subtitle, a State facility or a Veterans’ Administration hospital may admit an individual who is 65 years old or older only if a geriatric evaluation team determines that there is no available, less restrictive form of care or treatment that is adequate for the needs of the individual.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each geriatric evaluation shall be done by the geriatric evaluation team of a county health department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each geriatric evaluation team consists of the individuals whom the Secretary designates from multiple disciplines.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
