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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-631" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Admission Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Administration shall prepare and provide each facility with standard forms that provide, in clear and simple words, at least the following information:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notice of the admission of the individual;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The right of the individual to consult with a lawyer that the individual chooses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The availability of the services of the legal aid bureaus, lawyer referral services, and other agencies that exist for the referral of individuals who need legal counsel;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The right of the individual to call or write a lawyer or a referral agency or to have someone do so on behalf of the individual; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>In substance:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Those provisions of this subtitle under which the individual is admitted;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The provisions of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The provisions of Subtitle 7 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 12 hours after initial confinement of an individual to any facility or a Veterans’ Administration hospital, the form provided for in this section shall be read and given to the individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the individual does not understand the notice required by this section and its legal effect, the notice also shall be given to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The parent, guardian, or next of kin of the individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The applicant for an involuntary admission of the individual; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any other individual who has a significant interest in the status of the individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In any event, if possible, notice of the admission shall be given to the parent, guardian, or next of kin of the individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Notice of the admission of a minor shall be given as promptly as possible.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Within 24 hours after the admission of the individual, notice of the admission shall be given to the Mental Health Division in the Office of the Public Defender.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The form shall be read in English or, if the individual does not understand English, in the language or manner best calculated to inform the individual of the applicable provisions of the law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The facility shall keep in the individual’s records a copy of the form and a certification of the administrative head of the facility as to the compliance with this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Notice under this section shall be given again to an individual when:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A new application is made under this subtitle for a voluntary admission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>New certificates are made under this subtitle for an involuntary admission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
