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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.21.01.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="01" heading="Notice of Status and Rights.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If an individual is confined on observation status in an inpatient facility on the basis of an application and certificates for IVA, staff at the inpatient facility shall inform the individual of the individual's status and rights:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>By giving the individual the Notice of Status and Rights form described under §C of this regulation and provided by the Administration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>By explaining the information on the form to the individual in English or in the language and terms that are appropriate to the individual's condition and ability to understand; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>At the following times:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Within 12 hours of the individual's initial confinement in an inpatient facility on the basis of application and certificates for IVA under the provisions of Regulations .03 and .04 of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>When certificates for IVA are executed for the purpose of changing the individual's status in accordance with Regulation .08B of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>When certificates are executed for the purpose of recertifying the individual for a semiannual hearing in accordance with Health-General Article, §10-806(d), Annotated Code of Maryland, and Regulation .08C of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Staff shall file a copy of the Notice of Status and Rights form in the individual's medical record and give copies to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>When possible, the individual's parent, guardian, or next of kin; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the individual does not understand the notice, the individual's:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Parent, guardian, or next of kin;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The applicant for IVA; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Any other person who has significant interest in the status of the individual.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Administration shall provide a Notice of Status and Rights form that includes the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The statutory authority for the notice;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The form number (MDH33) and revision date;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A statement of the rights provided under Health-General Article, §10-631, and Title 10, Subtitle 7, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The right and access to legal counsel provided under Health-General Article, §10-631(a)(2) — (4), Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The hearing rights enumerated under Health-General Article, §10-632, Annotated Code of Maryland, and Regulation .09C of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The right to request a judicial hearing on the cause and legality of the individual's admission and continued detention according to Health-General Article, §§10-804 and 10-805, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Spaces for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The name of the individual;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The name of the inpatient facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The basis for the individual's status and the provisions of law pertaining to the status;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The signature of the individual and date that the individual received the notice;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>An explanation, if the individual does not sign the notice;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>An indication of whether the notice is given to a parent, guardian, or next of kin;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>An indication of whether the individual understands the notice; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Signature of inpatient facility staff who gives the notice to the individual and date that the notice is given.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>