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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.21.01.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="01" heading="Physician’s, Psychologist’s or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner’s Certificate for Involuntary Admission (IVA).">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The following shall be submitted when initiating the IVA of an individual:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An application for IVA completed under the provisions of Regulation .03 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A certificate completed by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Two physicians;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>One physician and one psychologist; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>One physician and one psychiatric nurse practitioner.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Secretary shall provide the certificate that includes the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The statutory authority for the certificate;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The form number (MDH2) and revision date;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A list of the appropriate documentation that shall be attached to one of the certificates;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A statement that the certificate may not be used for the IVA of an individual if the examination on which the certificate is based was done:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>More than 1 week before the certificate is signed; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>More than 30 days before the inpatient facility or the Veteran’s Administration hospital receives the application for admission;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A list of the State inpatient facilities and the catchment areas from which each facility accepts referrals;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Spaces for the following information:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The name, address, and telephone number of the certifying physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The name, address, identifying data, and the next of kin of the individual for whom the certificate is made;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The date that the physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner examined the individual;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A diagnosis of a mental disorder of the individual;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>An opinion that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The individual needs inpatient care or treatment; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Admission to an inpatient facility is needed for the protection of the individual or another; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>The individual's:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Current medications; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Emergency medications;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>A statement of whether the individual who completes the certificate is a physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>The statement that the physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Has no financial interest, through ownership or compensation, in a proprietary inpatient facility, and admission to that proprietary inpatient facility is sought for the individual whose status is being certified; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is not related, by blood or marriage, to the individual or to the applicant; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Space for the signature of the physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner and for the date and time the certificate is signed.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>To complete a certificate for IVA, a physician, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse practitioner shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Personally examine an individual for whom an application for IVA has been completed under the provisions of Regulation .03 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Completely fill out the form described under §B of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Sign, date, and time the certificate not later than 1 week following the examination required under §C(1) of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Attach to one of the certificates for IVA copies of any available current medical reports or records that support the individual's need for involuntary care or treatment in an inpatient facility, with reports including at a minimum:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The diagnosis of mental disorder, current symptoms, and psychiatric history;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A summary of the medical history, including documentation of medical clearance;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>An explanation of why the individual meets the following requirements for IVA:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The individual has a mental disorder;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The individual needs inpatient care or treatment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The individual presents a danger to the life or safety of the individual or of others;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>The individual is unable or unwilling to be admitted voluntarily;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>There is no available, less restrictive form of intervention that is consistent with the welfare and safety of the individual; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Unless the individual is an emergency evaluee, if the individual is 65 years old or older and is being referred for admission to a State inpatient facility or a VA hospital, a GES team has determined that there is no available, less restrictive form of care or treatment that is adequate for the needs of the individual;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>If the individual is an emergency evaluee, a copy of the petition for emergency evaluation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>If the individual is discharged from an inpatient facility after appropriate staff at the inpatient facility have completed application and certificates for IVA to initiate the direct confinement of the individual in another inpatient facility:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The information outlined in §C(4)(a) — (d) of this regulation;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The discharge summary;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>A copy of the individual's most recent ITP completed in accordance with Health-General Article, §10-706, Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 10.21.03; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Copies of all voluntary and involuntary admissions documents relating to the current admission at the inpatient facility from which the individual is discharged.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>An inpatient facility may not use for the admission of an individual a certificate that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is based on an examination that was done:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>More than 1 week before the certificate is signed; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>More than 30 days before the inpatient facility receives the application for admission; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Was previously used in connection with the taking into confinement on observation status an individual who subsequently was admitted to or released or discharged from an inpatient facility.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>