Maryland Code, Health-General § 10-624

(a)(1) A peace officer shall take an emergency evaluee to the nearest emergency facility if the peace officer has a petition under Part IV of this subtitle that:

(2) The petition required under paragraph (1) of this subsection may be:

(3) To the extent practicable, a peace officer shall notify the emergency facility in advance that the peace officer is bringing an emergency evaluee to the emergency facility.

(4) After a peace officer brings the emergency evaluee to an emergency facility, the peace officer need not stay unless, because the emergency evaluee is violent, emergency facility personnel ask the supervisor of the peace officer to have the peace officer stay.

(5) A peace officer shall stay until the supervisor responds to the request for assistance. If the emergency evaluee is violent, the supervisor shall allow the peace officer to stay.

(6) If emergency facility personnel ask that a peace officer stay, a physician shall examine the emergency evaluee as promptly as possible.

(b)(1) If the petition is executed properly, the emergency facility shall accept the emergency evaluee.

(2) The petition required under paragraph (1) of this subsection may be:

(3) Within 6 hours after an emergency evaluee is brought to an emergency facility, a physician shall examine the emergency evaluee, to determine whether the emergency evaluee meets the requirements for involuntary admission.

(4) Promptly after the examination, the emergency evaluee shall be released unless the emergency evaluee:

(5) An emergency evaluee may not be kept at an emergency facility for more than 30 hours.