REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; state hospital

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

SB 1444

Introduced by

Senator Fann

AN ACT

Amending section 36-204, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state hospital.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 36-204, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE36-204. Duties of director

The director shall:

1. Adopt rules for inpatient services that ensure proper review of treatment and discharge plans, arrangement for aftercare placements, transfer of medical records and assistance with medications.

2. If deemed advisable, establish a nurses' training school in connection with the state hospital, which shall be under the supervision of the superintendent.

3. Prescribe forms of complaints, certificates of mental illness and commitments.

4. Adopt rules for the commitment of committing mentally ill persons that are not inconsistent with provisions of law.

5. Adopt rules for the administration of administering the state hospital and to carry out the purposes of this article. END_STATUTE