§27-4-1. Authority to Receive Voluntary Patients
(a) The chief medical officer of a mental health facility, subject to the availability of suitable accommodations and to the rules promulgated by the board of health, shall admit for diagnosis, care and treatment any individual: (1) Eighteen years of age or older who is mentally ill, intellectually disabled or addicted or who has manifested […]
§27-4-2. Release of Voluntary Patients
The chief medical officer of a mental health facility shall release any voluntary patient who, in his opinion, has recovered or whose hospitalization is no longer advisable but he shall make every effort to assure that any further supportive services required to meet the patient's need upon his release will be provided.
§27-2-2. Superintendents; Qualifications and Exceptions Therefrom; Salaries of Superintendents and Other Officers and Employees; Furnishing of Meals, Household Facilities, etc.
The superintendent of a state hospital shall be appointed for an indefinite period. He shall be a college graduate and have a minimum of two years' experience in business administration, health services administration or hospital administration with broad knowledge of accounting, purchasing and personnel practices as related to the rendition of health and health related […]
§27-2-3. Rules as to Patients
The director of health shall implement rules and regulations as promulgated by the board of health in regard to the admission of patients to mental health facilities, the care, maintenance and treatment of inpatients, residents and outpatients of such facilities and the release, trial visit and discharge of patients therefrom. No patient under eighteen years […]
§27-2-4. Forms for Committing Patients; Other Records
The director of health shall have authority to prepare, prescribe and have printed forms to be used for commitment to and discharge from the state hospitals.
§27-2-5. Reports by Superintendents; Records of Director of Health
The superintendent of each state hospital shall furnish to the director of health such information as he may require concerning admissions, discharges, deaths and other matters. From this and other information available to the director of health, he shall keep such records as are necessary to enable him to have current information concerning the extent […]
§27-2-6. Moneys Received by State Hospitals and Facilities
All moneys and funds belonging to the state which shall come into the possession or under the control of the superintendent or other officer of a state hospital or facility under the control of the department of health shall be paid to the director or his designee twice a month, on or before the first […]
§27-1A-9. Transfer of Control, Records and Property From Board of Control to Department of Mental Health
The control of the financial, business and all other affairs of state hospitals is hereby transferred from the state board of control to the department of mental health, and, as its chief executive officer, the director shall, in respect to the control, management and property of such state hospitals, have the same rights and powers […]
§27-1A-10. Transfer of Records and Personnel From Department of Health to Division of Community Services
The state Department of Health shall transfer to the Division of Community Services of the Department of Mental Health all of the records of the bureau of mental health and all records pertaining to the state hospitals. Persons employed by the state department of health in that bureau may also be transferred to this division. […]
§27-1A-11. Division on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse; Powers and Duties; Definitions
(a) The division on alcoholism, heretofore established in the department of health, shall continue and be known as the division on alcoholism and drug abuse. (1) The supervisor and personnel of this division shall assist the director of the department of health in the establishment of a program for the care, treatment and rehabilitation of […]