Section 10-101 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-101. Definitions.
 

(a)  In general.- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Administration.- "Administration" means the Mental Hygiene Administration. 

(c)  Admission.-  

(1) "Admission" means the process by which an individual is accepted as a resident in: 

(i) An inpatient facility; or 

(ii) A Veterans' Administration hospital in this State that provides care or treatment for individuals who have mental disorders. 

(2) "Admission" includes the physical act of the individual entering the facility or Veterans' Administration hospital. 

(d)  Director.- "Director" means the Director of Mental Hygiene. 

(e)  Facility.-  

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this title, "facility" means any public or private clinic, hospital, or other institution that provides or purports to provide treatment or other services for individuals who have mental disorders. 

(2) "Facility" does not include a Veterans' Administration hospital. 

(f)  Mental disorder.-  

(1) "Mental disorder" means a behavioral or emotional illness that results from a psychiatric or neurological disorder. 

(2) "Mental disorder" includes a mental illness that so substantially impairs the mental or emotional functioning of an individual as to make care or treatment necessary or advisable for the welfare of the individual or for the safety of the person or property of another. 

(3) "Mental disorder" does not include an intellectual disability. 

(g)  State Advisory Council.- "State Advisory Council" means the State Advisory Council on Mental Hygiene. 

(h)  State facility.- "State facility" means a facility that is owned or operated by the Department. 

(i)  Treatment.- "Treatment" means any professional care or attention that is given in a facility, private therapeutic group home for children and adolescents, or Veterans' Administration hospital to improve or to prevent the worsening of a mental disorder. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 59, § 3; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; ch. 371; 1983, ch. 405, § 2; 1984, chs. 377, 477; 1988, ch. 714, § 2; 1996, ch. 476; 2002, ch. 371; 2009, ch. 119.]