(a) An order for guardianship of an individual: (1) except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, § 4-414 of the Estates and Trusts Article, and § 2-123 of the Real Property Article, terminates a parent's duties, obligations, and rights toward the individual; (2) eliminates the need for a further consent by a parent to adoption of the individual; (3) grants a local department guardianship with the right to consent to the individual's adoption or other planned permanent living arrangement; and (4) terminates the individual's CINA case. (b) (1) Unless a juvenile court gives legal custody to another person, a child's guardian under this subtitle has legal custody. (2) (i) Unless a juvenile court orders otherwise and subject to review by the juvenile court, a child's guardian may make all decisions affecting the child's education, health, and welfare, including consenting: 1. to adoption of the child; 2. to application by the child for a driver's license; 3. to enlistment by the child in the armed forces; 4. to marriage of the child; and 5. subject to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, to medical, psychiatric, or surgical treatment. (ii) A child's guardian: 1. may have the child admitted to an inpatient psychiatric facility in accordance with the standards for emergency commitment in § 10-617 of the Health - General Article for not more than 20 days; 2. except as provided in item 1 of this subparagraph, may not place the child in an inpatient psychiatric facility without express authorization of the juvenile court. (iii) 1. A child's guardian may not withhold or withdraw a life-sustaining procedure without the prior authorization of a juvenile court. 2. In deciding whether to grant authorization, a juvenile court shall apply the factors set forth in § 13-711(b) of the Estates and Trusts Article. (3) A local department shall notify a juvenile court, a child's attorney, and the attorney for each other party who has not waived the right to notice: (i) within 2 business days after the child's placement changes or the time required under § 5-326(b) of this subtitle, whichever is shorter; (ii) within 2 business days after the child is placed in a psychiatric facility; or (iii) within 2 business days after the child is absent from a placement for more than a week. (4) A local department shall give a child's attorney the child's new address and telephone number within 2 business days after the address or telephone number changes.
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