Sec. 10.21.01.01. Scope

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A. This chapter governs the procedure for the involuntary admission of individuals to inpatient mental hygiene facilities, including State facilities, private psychiatric facilities, acute general hospitals with inpatient psychiatric units, and Veterans' Administration hospitals pursuant to Health-General Article, §§10-603, 10-613-10-617, 10-620, 10-631-10-633, and 10-803-10-806, Annotated Code of Maryland.

B. This chapter is not intended to impose any exhaustion requirement upon an individual as a prerequisite to the individual's pursuing concurrently or in any order any available legal remedy to obtain release from an inpatient facility.

                    
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