Section 10-710 - Treatment of minors. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-710. Treatment of minors.
 

(a)  In general.- Each minor who is being cared for or treated in a residential, State facility shall be placed in a unit for minors and may not be placed in a unit where adults are placed, unless the individual plan of treatment for the minor provides otherwise. 

(b)  Enforcement.- A person, on behalf of the minor, may file a petition in the circuit court for the county where the facility is located, to compel compliance with this section. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 59, § 37; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 1983, ch. 405, § 1; 1984, ch. 480.]