Section 23-9-3 – Adolescent treatment hospital; creation.
The “adolescent treatment hospital” is created. The adolescent treatment hospital shall provide care, treatment and reintegration into society for adolescents who are violent or who have a history of violence and have a mental disorder and who are amenable to treatment. History: Laws 1992, ch. 60, § 3.
Section 23-9-4 – Adolescent residential treatment facility; creation.
The “adolescent residential treatment facility” is created. The adolescent residential treatment facility shall provide a residential treatment program designed for treating adolescents with serious emotional disturbances for the purpose of developing skills necessary for successful transition into the community. The facility shall include a therapeutic environment by establishing a therapeutic milieu or by using a […]
Section 23-9-5 – Adolescent treatment hospital governing board; creation; organization; duties.
A. There is created the “adolescent treatment hospital governing board” consisting of five members appointed by the secretary. The members shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary and shall be familiar with the treatment and care of violent adolescents who are mentally disordered. B. The board shall advise the secretary on professional practices, community […]
Section 23-9-6 – Hospital admissions; treatment.
A. Adolescents shall be admitted to the adolescent treatment hospital and adolescent residential treatment facility only in accordance with the provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code [Chapter 43, Article 1 NMSA 1978] or the Children’s Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act. The coordinated treatment panel may make recommendations on admissions. B. The […]
Section 23-4-4.1 – Donations; gifts; bequests.
The New Mexico state veterans’ home may accept donations, gifts and bequests of land, money or other things of value for the purposes of Sections 23-4-1 and 23-4-3 NMSA 1978. The title to such lands, together with all improvements thereon, shall vest in the state, and the deeds thereto, all insurance policies, certificates of water […]
Section 23-4-6 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1983, ch. 329, § 9, repealed 23-4-5 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1974 (1st S.S.), ch. 2, § 7, relating to donations and their title in state, and 23-4-6 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1974 (1st S.S.), ch. 2, § 8, relating to acquisition of lands and their title […]
Section 23-4-7 – Future transfer of lands; restrictions.
A. The secretary of health shall designate not more than thirty acres of land immediately surrounding the old Carrie Tingley crippled children’s hospital building, including the support buildings and three adjoining houses, which may not be designated as surplus property by the department of finance and administration pursuant to this section. Subsequent to such a […]
Section 23-5-1 – Object.
The object of the New Mexico behavioral health institute at Las Vegas is the observation, diagnosis, treatment, care and maintenance of the mentally ill. History: 1953 Comp., § 34-1-11.1, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 360, § 1. 2005, ch. 313, § 6. ANNOTATIONS Cross references. — For provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities […]
Section 23-3-3 – Powers and duties.
The board is a body corporate under the name of the board of trustees of the miners’ hospital of New Mexico and has the power to sue and be sued, contract, acquire land by purchase or donation and to do all other things necessary to carry out its duties. The board shall supervise and control […]
Section 23-3-4 – Transfer of funds and property.
All property, real, personal and mixed, including appropriations and cash balances now held by the hospitals and institutions department for the purpose of operating and managing the miners’ hospital of New Mexico is transferred to the board of trustees of the miners’ hospital of New Mexico. History: 1953 Comp., § 13-6-4, enacted by Laws 1975, […]