Section 10-803 - Voluntary admissions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-803. Voluntary admissions.
 

(a)  Informal request.- An individual who is admitted voluntarily to a facility, on an informal request, may leave the facility at any time between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., unless the admission status of the individual has been changed to an involuntary admission. 

(b)  Formal applications.- An individual who has been admitted voluntarily, under a formal written application, may not be held for more than 3 days after the individual asks for release, unless the admission status of the individual has been changed to an involuntary admission. 

(c)  Formal applications - Minors.- A minor who has been admitted voluntarily, on the application of a parent or guardian of the minor, may not be held for more than 3 days after the applicant for the admission asks for release, unless the admission status of the minor has been changed to an involuntary admission. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 59, § 11; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 1991, ch. 31.]