The Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is hereby authorized and directed to establish an appropriate room or ward for alcohol and other drug treatment services for adolescents, with special emphasis on the rehabilitation of a consumer during treatment, and to provide an adequate program for reestablishment into society upon release.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 310, § 2, emerg. eff. June 19, 1963. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Renumbered from § 431 of this title by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 51, § 58, emerg. eff. April 9, 1990; Laws 2005, c. 150, § 14, emerg. eff. May 9, 2005; Laws 2005, c. 195, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.