Section 10-620 - Definitions.
§ 10-620. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In Part IV of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Court.- "Court" means a district or circuit court of this State.
(c) Emergency evaluee.- "Emergency evaluee" means an individual for whom an emergency evaluation is sought or made under Part IV of this subtitle.
(d) Emergency facility.-
(1) "Emergency facility" means a facility that the Department designates, in writing, as an emergency facility.
(2) "Emergency facility" includes a licensed general hospital that has an emergency room, unless the Department, after consultation with the health officer, exempts the hospital.
(e) Mental disorder.-
(1) "Mental disorder" means the behavioral or other symptoms that indicate:
(i) To a lay petitioner who is submitting an emergency petition, a clear disturbance in the mental functioning of another individual; and
(ii) To the following health professionals doing an examination, at least one mental disorder that is described in the version of the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - Mental Disorders" that is current at the time of the examination:
1. Physician;
2. Psychologist;
3. Clinical social worker;
4. Licensed clinical professional counselor;
5. Clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing (APRN/PMH);
6. Psychiatric nurse practitioner (CRNP-PMH); or
7. Licensed clinical marriage and family therapist.
(2) "Mental disorder" does not include intellectual disability.
(f) Peace officer.- "Peace officer" means a sheriff, a deputy sheriff, a State police officer, a county police officer, a municipal or other local police officer, or a Secret Service agent who is a sworn special agent of the United States Secret Service or Department of Homeland Security authorized to exercise powers delegated under 18 U.S.C. § 3056.
[An. Code 1957, art. 59, § 22; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 1991, ch. 27; 1994, ch. 165, § 3; 2001, ch. 270; 2002, ch. 49; 2004, chs. 25, 315; 2008, ch. 43; 2009, ch. 119.]