§ 20-48-502. Authority to acquire properties
(a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services, established and existing pursuant to the provisions of § 20-48-401 et seq., is authorized to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, maintain, operate, lease, contract concerning, or otherwise deal in and with any lands, improvements, buildings, furniture, furnishings, machinery, and personal property of any and every nature […]
§ 20-48-404. Eligibility for admission
An individual may be deemed eligible for admission to a human development center if, due to intellectual or other developmental disability, the individual is incapable of managing his or her affairs and the individual’s welfare requires the special care, training, and treatment provided at a human development center.
§ 20-48-503. Authority to issue revenue bonds and use available funds and revenues
(a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is authorized to use any available revenues for the accomplishment of the purposes specified and referred to in § 20-48-502 and is authorized to issue revenue bonds and to use the proceeds thereof for the accomplishment of the purposes, either alone or together with other available funds and […]
§ 20-48-405. Petition for admission
(a) A parent or guardian of an individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities may file with the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services a verified petition requesting that the individual be admitted to the human development center. (b) The petition shall include: (1) The relation of the individual to the petitioner; (2) The name, age, sex, […]
§ 20-48-504. Procedure for issuing revenue bonds
(a) (1) Revenue bonds may be issued from time to time for any of the purposes set forth in § 20-48-502. (2) Each issue shall be authorized by resolution of the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services. (3) (A) The bonds of each issue shall be coupon bonds payable to bearer but may be made subject […]
§ 20-48-406. Admission procedures
(a) (1) Upon receipt of the petition under § 20-48-405, the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall make a determination as to whether or not a human development center then has adequate facilities and funds to properly care for, treat, and train the individual. If the board determines that no center currently has adequate facilities […]
§ 20-48-407. Order of commitment
(a) The order of commitment shall include the name, residence, and date of birth of the individual, the nationality and address, insofar as may be ascertained, of his or her parents, and the amount of his or her estate. (b) The order of commitment shall be made in duplicate and signed by the judge of […]
§ 20-48-408. Transfer of individuals from other institutions
(a) The superintendent of a state institution other than a human development center may report to the examining physicians and request the examination of any individual therein deemed intellectually disabled. (b) Upon receipt of the report and request, the examining physicians shall conduct the examination in the county in which the institution having custody of […]
§ 20-48-409. Permit to visit
(a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services may, under such conditions and for such length of time as it may deem advisable, permit an individual to leave a human development center for the purpose of visiting in a private home and may revoke or extend the period of the visit or change the conditions upon […]
§ 20-48-410. Return of individual
Any officer authorized to serve criminal process shall, upon the written request of the superintendent, return to the human development center or hold in custody an individual who has escaped or who has been temporarily released from the center under a permit to visit.