§27-1A-2. Creation; Composition; Control of State Hospitals
There shall be a state department of mental health, to be known as the department of mental health. It shall be a corporation and, as such, shall have a seal and may contract and be contracted with. The department shall consist of a director of mental health, supervisors of divisions of the department, and such […]
§27-1A-3. Appointment of Commissioner; Qualifications; Term; Oath; Bond; Salary and Expenses
The Governor shall appoint the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health by and with the consent of the Senate; he shall be known as the Commissioner of Mental Health. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the commissioner shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by section five, article four of […]
§27-1-13. Chief Medical Officer
"Chief medical officer" means the physician responsible for medical programs within a mental health facility and shall include the clinical director of a state hospital.
§27-1-14. Detained or Taken Into Custody
"Detained or taken into custody" where used in this chapter shall permit detention for custody in a county facility which may be in the same building as the county jail if the said county facility: (a) Meets the standards which the Department of Health shall prescribe; and (b) Is approved for such use by the […]
§27-1-15. Computation of Time
The provisions of section one, article two, chapter two of this code shall apply to the time fixed for doing any act under this chapter.
§27-1-6. State Hospital
"State hospital" means any hospital, center or institution, or part of any hospital, center or institution, established, maintained and operated by the Division of Health, or by the Division of Health in conjunction with a political subdivision of the state, to provide inpatient or outpatient care and treatment for the mentally ill, intellectually disabled or […]
§27-1-7. Administrator and Clinical Director
(a) The administrator of a state-operated treatment facility is its chief executive officer and has the authority to manage and administer the financial, business and personnel affairs of such facility. All other persons employed at the state-operated treatment facility are under the jurisdiction and authority of the administrator of the treatment facility who need not […]
§27-1-8. Resident of State and County
A "resident of the state" is any person who has had an established residency in this state for at least one year, and a "resident of the county" is any person who has had an established residency in a county for at least sixty days.
§27-1-9. Mental Health Facility
"Mental health facility" means any inpatient, residential or outpatient facility for the care and treatment of the mentally ill, intellectually disabled or addicted which is operated, or licensed to operate, by the Department of Health and Human Resources and includes state hospitals as defined in section six of this article. The term also includes veterans […]
§27-1-10. Psychologists and Psychiatrists
(a) For the purposes of this chapter, "psychologist" means any person licensed under the laws of this state to engage in the practice of psychology, or any other psychologist not a resident of this state who engages in the practice of psychology in this state and who holds a license or certificate to engage in […]