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Section 1Creation; powers of department and commissioner; safety symposium
Section 2Commissioner; appointment; qualifications; appointments by commissioner; report; salary
Section 3Deputy commissioner; appointment; duties; qualifications
Section 4Assistant, deputy or associate commissioners; appointment; duties; qualifications
Section 5Legal counsel
Section 6Program for training of residents in psychiatry and other professional disciplines
Section 7State facilities under department control; admission
Section 8Superintendents or directors; vacancies; appointments; qualifications; officers
Section 8ABoards of trustees for state hospitals
Section 9Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 12
Section 10Crimes committed by or upon persons on facility premises or persons in care of facility
Section 11Mental health advisory council
Section 11ADisclosure of financial interest in department contracts by human rights advisory committee members
Section 12Community mental health services
Section 13Community mental health area directors
Section 14Community mental health area boards
Section 15Duties and powers of area boards
Section 16Development and maintenance of community mental health services
Section 17Area advisory committees
Section 18Rules and regulations
Section 19Residential or day care services; licenses
Section 20Mental health facility employees; civil service exemption
Section 21Interagency agreements with developmental services department
Section 22Consultation of commissioner for behavioral health services for children
Section 23Children’s behavioral research center; powers and duties; annual report
Section 24Notification of parent or guardian of child receiving inpatient psychiatric services