Md. Code, Health - General § 7-516
This is the official text of Md. Code, Health - General § 7-516, part of Maryland’s Code, Health - General — covers public health regulation.
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§7–516.
Official statutory text
The administrative head for each State residential center may appoint any employee as a law–enforcement officer and, while the employee holds a special police commission issued by the Governor, the employee may:
(1) Return an individual with an intellectual disability to the State residential center from which the individual has left without approved leave; and
(2) Be used to protect individuals or property at the State residential center.
(1) Return an individual with an intellectual disability to the State residential center from which the individual has left without approved leave; and
(2) Be used to protect individuals or property at the State residential center.
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