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Chapter 19

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19

Department of Mental Health

1Creation; powers of department and commissioner; safety symposium 2Commissioner; appointment; qualifications; appointments by commissioner; report; salary 3Deputy commissioner; appointment; duties; qualifications 4Assistant, deputy or associate commissioners; appointment; duties; qualifications 5Legal counsel 6Program for training of residents in psychiatry and other professional disciplines 7State facilities under department control; admission 8Superintendents or directors; vacancies; appointments; qualifications; officers 8ABoards of trustees for Taunton state hospital and Worcester recovery center and hospital 9Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 12Repealed 10Crimes committed by or upon persons on facility premises or persons in care of facility 11Mental health advisory council 11ADisclosure of financial interest in department contracts by human rights advisory committee members 12Community mental health services 13Community mental health area directors 14Community mental health area boards 15Duties and powers of area boards 16Development and maintenance of community mental health services 16AProgram to provide remote mental health consultations 17Area advisory committees 18Rules and regulations 19Inpatient psychiatric, residential or day care services; licenses 20Mental health facility employees; civil service exemption 21Interagency agreements with developmental services department 22Consultation of commissioner for behavioral health services for children 23Children's behavioral research center; powers and duties; annual report 24Notification of parent or guardian of child receiving inpatient psychiatric services 25Center for responsive training in crisis intervention 26Expedited psychiatric inpatient admission advisory council; members; annual report; expedited psychiatric inpatient admissions protocol