3. Where any such institution is provided for, the board of managers, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners, may:

(a) arrange for, establish and maintain, a clinic or clinics for consultation concerning diagnosis, guidance, and treatment of persons with substance use disorder to the end that they may be rehabilitated as useful members of society;

(b) arrange and provide for the temporary hospitalization of alcoholics;

(c) provide for the necessary facilities for the rendering of such hospitalization of persons with substance use disorder and for the said clinics by the purchase or construction of such facilities or by the leasing thereof; and

(d) to provide such facilities by contract or arrangement with other hospitals, institutions, or organizations and by co-operation with the medical profession and interested groups and individuals.

L.1956, c. 213, p. 768, s. 3; amended 2023, c.177, s.110.