Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-2-4-.01

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 580-2-4-.01 - Statutory Authority

(1)Code of Ala. 1975, Sections 22-50-1 through 22-50-62 created the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and defined mental health services as "Diagnosis of, treatment of, rehabilitation for, follow-up care of, prevention of and research into the causes of all forms of mental or emotional illness, including, but not limited to, alcoholism, drug addiction, epilepsy or mental retardation."

(2)Code of Ala. 1975, Section 22-50-11, grants the Department the authority to establish and supervise standards for all operations and activities of the state related to mental health and the provision of mental health services.

(3) It is under the authority of these statutes that the Department has established these standards and requires compliance with them.

Author: Division of Mental Illness, DMH/MR

Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-2-4-.01

Original rule filed September 30, 1982; Revised: Filed August 3, 1984; Filed May 12, 1987; Effective June 16, 1987; Revised: Filed July 31, 1992; Extended: September 30, 1992; Extended: December 31, 1992; Certified: Amended: Filed March 30, 1993; Effective: May 5, 1993. Repealed and Replaced: Filed October 28, 1998; effective, December 3, 1998.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-50-11.