The department shall adopt standards of operation and maintenance of behavioral health centers and facilities for persons with developmental disabilities and the secretary shall enforce such rules and regulations as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 40:2017.7.  The department shall have the right to enter upon and inspect community behavioral health and developmental disabilities centers and assay the efficiency of their operations for the purpose of determining compliance with or violation of any of the standards.

Acts 1978, No. 786, §3, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2014, No. 811, §14, eff. June 23, 2014.