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Alabama Code > Title 22 > Title 2 - Mental Health
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§ 22-50-1
Definitions
§ 22-50-2
Department - Created; composition; divisions; offices
§ 22-50-3
Department - Disposition of fees, receipts and income
§ 22-50-4
Department - Public corporation
§ 22-50-5
Board of trustees - Membership; officers; initial appointments; terms
§ 22-50-6
Board of trustees - Subsequent appointments to board; vacancies
§ 22-50-8
Board of trustees - Expenses of trustees
§ 22-50-9
Department - Powers generally
§ 22-50-10
Department - Termination of Alabama Mental Health Board; transfer of authority to department
§ 22-50-11
Department - Additional and cumulative powers
§ 22-50-12
Department - Legal division
§ 22-50-13
Department - Annual report
§ 22-50-14
Department - Requests for budget funds
§ 22-50-15
Funds for essential functions
§ 22-50-16
Mental Health and Mental Retardation Commissioner
§ 22-50-17
Certificate or license required to operate facility for care or treatment of mental or emotional illness or services to mentally retarded
§ 22-50-18
Commitment and release of incompetents, etc
§ 22-50-19
Judicial review of final order or decision by department
§ 22-50-20
Forms
§ 22-50-21
Police officers for state mental health facilities or hospitals
§ 22-50-22
Exemption of superintendent and physician of state mental health facilities from attending as witnesses
§ 22-50-23
Penalties for violation of chapter, etc
§ 22-50-24
Repeal of conflicting laws; certain laws not repealed
§ 22-50-25
Mental Health Capital Outlay Oversight Commission; creation; membership; appointment; vacancy; meetings; quorum; appropriation for capital outlays and improvements; compensation; funding from oil and gas leases
§ 22-50-40
Authority to establish personnel policies and salary schedules
§ 22-50-41
Personnel policies - Inclusion or continuation of positions under merit system
§ 22-50-42
Personnel policies - Continuation of positions not under merit system
§ 22-50-43
Conflicting provisions of Section 22-50-11 repealed
§ 22-50-60
Purpose of article
§ 22-50-61
Authority to receive data for research
§ 22-50-62
Disclosure of information
§ 22-50-70
Short title
§ 22-50-71
Legislative findings
§ 22-50-72
Development of educational programs and services for Alzheimer's disease; instructors and training
§ 22-50-73
Promulgation of rules and regulations
§ 22-50-74
Appropriation of funding; fees
§ 22-50-90
Definitions
§ 22-50-91
Administrative rules and procedures
§ 22-51-1
Definitions
§ 22-51-2
Incorporation of public corporations - Authorized
§ 22-51-3
Incorporation of public corporations - Application - Contents
§ 22-51-4
Incorporation of public corporations - Application - Approval
§ 22-51-5
Incorporation of public corporations - Certificate of incorporation - Contents
§ 22-51-6
Incorporation of public corporations - Certificate of incorporation - Execution and recording
§ 22-51-7
Incorporation of public corporations - Certificate of incorporation - Amendments
§ 22-51-8
Board of directors - Composition; appointment, qualifications, terms and compensation of members; vacancies; executive committee
§ 22-51-9
Board of directors - Meetings; quorum; constitution and bylaws
§ 22-51-10
Professional advisory committee
§ 22-51-11
Powers of corporation
§ 22-51-12
Control of facilities and programs
§ 22-51-13
Taxation exemption
§ 22-51-14
Appropriations by local governing bodies
§ 22-52-1.1
Definitions
§ 22-52-1.2
Filing and contents of petition seeking involuntary commitment of another
§ 22-52-2
Review of petition by probate judge; examination of petitioner; dismissal of petition without further proceedings
§ 22-52-3
Service of petition and order setting petition for hearing upon person sought to be committed; contents of notice
§ 22-52-4
Appointment of attorney and guardian ad litem for person sought to be committed; statements, etc., of person in presence of judge, prior to obtaining services of attorney, not to be considered by judge
§ 22-52-5
Appointment by probate judge of attorney to appear in support of petition; employment by petitioners of attorney to appear in support of petition
§ 22-52-6
Notification of Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation or other public facility of petition, date of final hearing, etc
§ 22-52-7
Restrictions on imposition of limitations upon liberty of person sought to be committed pending hearings; ordering, etc., of examinations of person sought to be committed; supervision of temporary treatment
§ 22-52-8
Holding of probable cause and final hearings generally
§ 22-52-9
Conduct of hearings
§ 22-52-10.1
Order entered where judge finds criteria met; dismissal of petition
§ 22-52-10.2
Findings necessary for outpatient treatment
§ 22-52-10.3
Order for outpatient treatment
§ 22-52-10.4
Findings necessary for inpatient treatment; order when no treatment available
§ 22-52-10.5
Facilities for inpatient treatment; length of treatment; cost
§ 22-52-10.6
Petition for renewal of inpatient commitment order; probate court; special judge; notice; hearing
§ 22-52-10.7
Transfer to another facility
§ 22-52-10.8
Order for involuntary commitment for inpatient treatment to be entered into Criminal Justice Information System and NICS; redaction of order upon removal of limitation to purchase firearm
§ 22-52-11
Retention of jurisdiction by probate court over person committed
§ 22-52-12
Conveyance of person committed to facility; expenses of conveyance
§ 22-52-12.1
Designated mental health facilities; standards of care
§ 22-52-12.2
Renewal petition time limit for certain patients
§ 22-52-13
Transfer of persons committed to Veterans Administration or other federal agency; powers, etc., of chief officers of Veterans Administration Hospitals, etc., with respect to retention, transfer, treatment, etc., of persons transferred thereto, etc.; effec
§ 22-52-14
Payment of costs
§ 22-52-15
Appeals
§ 22-52-16
Applicability of article
§ 22-52-17
Public facilities other than Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation not required to perform mental evaluations; exceptions
§ 22-52-30
Definitions
§ 22-52-31
Proceedings for civil commitment of persons accused of crimes, committed to custody of Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and determined to be unable to attain capacity to proceed to trial in foreseeable future; effect of such civil commit
§ 22-52-32
Proceedings where persons accused of crimes and committed to custody of Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation found competent to stand trial or charges nolle prossed or dismissed
§ 22-52-33
Proceedings for civil commitment of persons in custody of Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation who have been adjudicated "not guilty by reason of insanity."
§ 22-52-34
Proceedings for reevaluation and civil commitment or transfer of certain persons in custody of Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
§ 22-52-35
Appointment of special probate judges for consideration, hearing and entry of orders pertaining to commitment or continued custody of certain persons committed or transferred to facilities of Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; qualificati
§ 22-52-36
Compensation of special probate judges
§ 22-52-37
Standards for conduct of civil commitment proceedings generally; minimum standards for civil commitment; appeals from orders of probate courts as to commitment
§ 22-52-50
Definitions
§ 22-52-51
Observation and diagnosis; admission for care; preference in admission
§ 22-52-52
Discharge of individual admitted voluntarily - Generally
§ 22-52-53
Discharge of individual admitted voluntarily - Request by parent, etc
§ 22-52-54
Reception on court order
§ 22-52-55
Proceedings for court order - Generally
§ 22-52-56
Proceedings for court order - Expenses
§ 22-52-57
Discharge and leave
§ 22-52-58
Transfer of individuals to other institutions
§ 22-52-70
Procedure for commitment to mental health facility
§ 22-52-71
Prerequisites to conveyance of prisoner to mental health facility
§ 22-52-72
Report of recovery of prisoners
§ 22-52-90
Definitions
§ 22-52-91
Duty of law enforcement officer, community mental health officer to take into custody alleged mentally ill persons; detention; admission; hearing
§ 22-52-92
Applicability to counties
§ 22-52-93
Costs
§ 22-53-1
Persons liable for support and maintenance of inmates
§ 22-53-2
Report by county department of pensions and security
§ 22-53-3
Proceedings to determine liability
§ 22-53-4
Monthly bill; changes; judgments
§ 22-53-5
Bond
§ 22-53-20
Liability for payment for care and maintenance
§ 22-53-21
Reexamination of nonpaying inmates required
§ 22-53-22
Jurisdiction to determine liability
§ 22-53-23
List of nonpaying inmates to be furnished to probate judges; report by county department of pensions and security
§ 22-53-24
Proceedings to redetermine liability
§ 22-53-25
Monthly bill; changes; judgments for payment
§ 22-53-26
Bond for support
§ 22-54-1
Establishment authorized; facility to be under jurisdiction of Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; designation
§ 22-54-2
Sources from which patients may be admitted to facility
§ 22-54-3
Applications for admission; when applications for admission not to be accepted
§ 22-54-4
Return of patients to sources from which received; institutions, courts, etc., referring patients to facility to retain constructive jurisdiction over patients; discharge of patients; applicability of support, commitment and release statutes to patients a
§ 22-54-5
Final decision as to admission or discharge of patients to rest with superintendent of facility
§ 22-55-1
Enactment of compact; terms
§ 22-55-2
Designation of compact administrator; powers and duties thereof generally
§ 22-55-3
Power of compact administrator to enter into supplementary agreements with officials of other states
§ 22-55-4
Payment of financial obligations of state under compact or supplementary agreements entered into thereunder
§ 22-56-1
Short title
§ 22-56-2
Definitions
§ 22-56-3
Legislative declarations
§ 22-56-4
Rights
§ 22-56-5
Department to establish official standards for certification
§ 22-56-6
Abuse, exploitation, neglect - Penalties; reporting to agencies
§ 22-56-7
Abuse, exploitation, neglect - Providers to implement written policies and procedures
§ 22-56-8
Effect of chapter on established standards of medical care; applicability of written policies and procedures
§ 22-56-9
Construction with other law
§ 22-56-10
No reduction or expansion of rights beyond rights guaranteed other persons
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