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AL Code § 22-50-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-18 - Commitment and Release of Incompetents, Etc.

Section 22-50-18Commitment and release of incompetents, etc. Nothing contained in this chapter shall change or alter the methods, means or procedures provided by law before the enactment of this chapter for the commitment or release of any person alleged to be non compos mentis, incompetent, mentally ill or emotionally disturbed. No person shall be committed to any institution established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter without his consent or except by due process of law in a court of competent jurisdiction. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §13A.)
AL Code § 22-50-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-19 - Judicial Review of Final Order or Decision by Department.

Section 22-50-19Judicial review of final order or decision by department. Any person who has been legally damaged by a final order or decision of the Mental Health Department may have a review of such decision in the circuit court, provided a sworn complaint is filed within 15 days of the date of such order or decision, charging that such order or decision was arbitrary, illegal or capricious; and provided further that security be given to cover court costs and costs of preparing the record of the proceedings before the Mental Health Department, should the said order be upheld by the court. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §15; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-20 - Forms.

Section 22-50-20Forms. The Mental Health Department shall prescribe forms for probate judges to use which would give information deemed necessary by the department about prospective patients or clients. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §16; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-21 - Police Officers for State Mental Health Facilities or Hospitals.

Section 22-50-21Police officers for state mental health facilities or hospitals. The State Mental Health Officer may appoint or employ one or more suitable persons to act as police officers to arrest intruders, trespassers, and persons guilty of improper or disorderly conduct on the property of state mental health facilities or hospitals. Such officers shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the hospital grounds, buildings, or lands or arrest them and may, without warrant, arrest any person guilty of abuse of a patient, of a misdemeanor or disorderly conduct, of stealing or injuring property or other offenses committed on the lands or premises of the hospitals and take such person before a district court judge or other officer charged with trial of such offenders, before whom, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, the person so arrested shall be tried and, if found guilty, convicted as in cases of persons brought before such a court on a warrant. Such police officer shall have authority to summon a posse comitatus. (Code 1896, §2570; Code 1907, §876; Code 1923, §1461; Code 1940, T. 45, §227.)
AL Code § 22-50-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-22 - Exemption of Superintendent and Physician of State Mental Health Facilities From Attending as Witnesses.

Section 22-50-22Exemption of superintendent and physician of state mental health facilities from attending as witnesses. Neither the superintendent nor a physician of a state mental health facility or hospital shall be compelled to attend as a witness to testify as an expert in any case or on any question of insanity or psychological medicine in the state; provided, that he shall certify, in writing, within 10 days after the service of the summons, that his absence from the facility or hospital, in his best judgment, will interfere with his or her professional duties and the welfare of the patients under his care. But defendants in criminal cases and the state by the consent of the defendant and, in civil cases, either party may take the deposition of the superintendent or of any of the physicians as to all matters involving his or their expert opinion when such testimony is admissible. (Code 1896, §2571; Code 1907, §875; Code 1923, §1460; Code 1940, T. 45, §226.)
AL Code § 22-50-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-23 - Penalties for Violation of Chapter, Etc.

Section 22-50-23Penalties for violation of chapter, etc. Any person, partnership, corporation or association that violates the provisions of this chapter or any regulations promulgated under authority delegated to the Mental Health Department, and after due notice served by registered or certified mail or personally, shall be liable to pay a penalty of $50.00 per day for each day of such violation. Any officer or any employee of the Mental Health Department, or any other person who shall allow, assist, or abet in the escape of any patient or client confined by court action under the authority of the Mental Health Department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100.00, and he may be punished by imprisonment in the county jail or at hard labor for the county, not exceeding 90 days, the imprisonment to be at the discretion of the judge trying or presiding over the trial of the case. Any member of the Legislature, any member of the Mental Health Department, or any holder of any office of profit with the state who takes any contract for work or services of the Mental Health Department or any of its agencies, or is employed in any way under such contract, or sells any goods or supplies to the Mental Health Department or any of its agencies or is in any wise pecuniarily interested in any such contract or sale, as principal or agent, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and also forfeit his or her office. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §14; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-24 - Repeal of Conflicting Laws; Certain Laws Not Repealed.

Section 22-50-24Repeal of conflicting laws; certain laws not repealed. All laws or parts of laws, local, special or general, in conflict with this chapter are hereby specifically repealed. However, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal Article 2 of Chapter 26 of Title 36 of this code. (Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §21.)
AL Code § 22-50-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-50-25 - Mental Health Capital Outlay Oversight Commission; Creation; Membership; Appointment; Vacancy; Meetings; Quorum; Appropriation for Capital Outlays and Improvements; Compensation; Funding From Oil and Gas Leases.

Section 22-50-25Mental Health Capital Outlay Oversight Commission; creation; membership; appointment; vacancy; meetings; quorum; appropriation for capital outlays and improvements; compensation; funding from oil and gas leases. REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (Acts 1981, No. 81-770, p. 1326, §7.)
AL Code § 22-50-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 2 - Personnel Policies and Salary Schedules.|Section 22-50-40 - Authority to Establish Personnel Policies and Salary Schedules.

Section 22-50-40Authority to establish personnel policies and salary schedules. The Alabama Department of Mental Health is hereby authorized to establish personnel policies and salary schedules for all of its employees, and such policies and schedules shall not be limited by Section 36-6-5 or by any other provisions of law, unless such a law enacted after October 29, 1965, shall refer specifically to the employees of the Alabama Department of Mental Health. (Acts 1965, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 9, p. 214, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 2 - Personnel Policies and Salary Schedules.|Section 22-50-41 - Personnel Policies - Inclusion or Continuation of Positions Under Merit System.

Section 22-50-41Personnel policies - Inclusion or continuation of positions under Merit System. Personnel policies may be established so as to include under the State Merit System certain positions in the Department of Mental Health and so as to exclude other positions; however, employees of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and positions in such department which were under a Merit System on September 30, 1965, or which are placed under a Merit System by law after October 29, 1965, shall continue under such Merit System unless any such position is abolished by the Alabama Department of Mental Health. (Acts 1965, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 9, p. 214, §2.)
AL Code § 22-50-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 2 - Personnel Policies and Salary Schedules.|Section 22-50-42 - Personnel Policies - Continuation of Positions Not Under Merit System.

Section 22-50-42Personnel policies - Continuation of positions not under Merit System. Positions in the Department of Mental Health and employees of the Alabama Department of Mental Health not under the State Merit System on October 29, 1965, shall continue not under such Merit System until placed under such State Merit System by the Alabama Department of Mental Health or by law specifically placing such positions or employees under a merit system. (Acts 1965, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 9, p. 214, §3.)
AL Code § 22-50-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 2 - Personnel Policies and Salary Schedules.|Section 22-50-43 - Conflicting Provisions of Section 22-50-11 Repealed.

Section 22-50-43Conflicting provisions of Section 22-50-11 repealed. Any part of Section 22-50-11 in conflict with this article is hereby specifically repealed. (Acts 1965, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 9, p. 214, §4.)
AL Code § 22-50-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 3 - Information, Records, and Research Data.|Section 22-50-60 - Purpose of Article.

Section 22-50-60Purpose of article. It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature of the State of Alabama in this article to facilitate the collection of appropriate information, records and research data and to protect the individuals involved. (Acts 1971, No. 1891, p. 3078, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 3 - Information, Records, and Research Data.|Section 22-50-61 - Authority to Receive Data for Research.

Section 22-50-61Authority to receive data for research. (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health, or his or her authorized agent, is hereby authorized to receive data from private or public agencies or agents for the purpose of research and study in mental health. All data received shall be used by the commissioner or persons designated by him for research and study and for program planning. No criminal or civil action may be brought against any person or agency who shall provide or submit such data to the commissioner. (b) The Commissioner of Mental Health or any person shall not disclose, release, or divulge any information which might reasonably cause identification of a reported or reporting person under the provisions of this section. (c) Violation of this section constitutes a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the defendant shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court. (Acts 1971, No. 1891, p. 3078, §3.)
AL Code § 22-50-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 3 - Information, Records, and Research Data.|Section 22-50-62 - Disclosure of Information.

Section 22-50-62Disclosure of information. No employee of any of the facilities under the management, control, supervision or affiliated with the Alabama Department of Mental Health shall be required to disclose any record, report, case history, memorandum or other information, oral or written, which may have been acquired, made or compiled in attending or treating any patient of said facilities in a professional character, when such information was necessary in order to evaluate or treat said patient or to do any act for him or her in a professional capacity, unless a court of competent jurisdiction shall order disclosure for the promotion of justice; provided, that where a person is a defendant in a criminal case and a mental examination of such defendant has been ordered by the court, the results or the report of such mental examination shall be forwarded to the clerk of said court and to the district attorney and to the attorney of record for the defendant. (Acts 1971, No. 1891, p. 3078, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 4 - Dementia Education and Training.|Section 22-50-70 - Short Title.

Section 22-50-70Short title. Repealed by Act 2019-453, §6, and Act 2019-499, §6, effective October 1, 2019. (Acts 1993, No. 93-547, p. 901, §2.)
AL Code § 22-50-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 4 - Dementia Education and Training.|Section 22-50-71 - Legislative Findings.

Section 22-50-71Legislative findings. Repealed by Act 2019-453, §6, and Act 2019-499, §6, effective October 1, 2019. (Acts 1993, No. 93-547, p. 901, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 4 - Dementia Education and Training.|Section 22-50-72 - Development of Educational Programs and Services for Alzheimer's Disease; Instructors and Training.

Section 22-50-72Development of educational programs and services for Alzheimer's disease; instructors and training. Repealed by Act 2019-453, §6, and Act 2019-499, §6, effective October 1, 2019. (Acts 1993, No. 93-547, p. 901, §3.)
AL Code § 22-50-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 4 - Dementia Education and Training.|Section 22-50-73 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations.

Section 22-50-73Promulgation of rules and regulations. Repealed by Act 2019-453, §6, and Act 2019-499, §6, effective October 1, 2019. (Acts 1993, No. 93-547, p. 901, §4.)
AL Code § 22-50-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 4 - Dementia Education and Training.|Section 22-50-74 - Appropriation of Funding; Fees.

Section 22-50-74Appropriation of funding; fees. Repealed by Act 2019-453, §6, and Act 2019-499, §6, effective October 1, 2019. (Acts 1993, No. 93-547, p. 901, §5.)
AL Code § 22-50-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 4A - Alabama Alzheimer's and Demetia Education, Care, and Training Act.|Section 22-50-80 - Short Title.

Section 22-50-80Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Alzheimer's and Dementia Education, Care, and Training Act. (Act 2019-453, §1; Act 2019-499, §1.)
AL Code § 22-50-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 4A - Alabama Alzheimer's and Demetia Education, Care, and Training Act.|Section 22-50-81 - Legislative Intent.

Section 22-50-81Legislative intent. The purposes of this article are: (1) To enable Alabamians with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or related diseases to live with dignity in their homes or community for as long as possible. (2) To develop services that follow individuals with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or related diseases and maintain their independence in the community. (3) To provide appropriate services for Alabamians with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or related diseases residing in both rural and urban settings. (4) To emphasize and implement cost-efficient, low-technology, high-yield services that can currently benefit thousands of Alabama citizens. (5) To allow Alabamians to pay for services based on their individual resources. (Act 2019-453, §2; Act 2019-499, §2.)
AL Code § 22-50-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 4A - Alabama Alzheimer's and Demetia Education, Care, and Training Act.|Section 22-50-82 - Development of Educational Programs and Services; Instructors and Training.

Section 22-50-82Development of educational programs and services; instructors and training. (a) Subject to Section 22-50-84, the Department of Public Health may develop educational programs and services concerning Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and related diseases. These programs and services shall be offered to individuals with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or related diseases, the families of these individuals, and the general public. (b)(1) The department may provide instructors to train and provide support to each of the following: a. Members of the families of individuals with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or similar diseases. b. Health care providers who provide care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or similar diseases at the home of the individual or a member of the family of the individual, or a similar residential location. c. Other caregivers who provide care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or similar diseases at the home of the affected individual or a member of the family of the individual, or similar residential location. (2) These instructors may provide technical assistance, training, support, and advice that will accomplish both of the following: a. Encourage the providing of long-term care for such individuals in the home of the individual, or a member of the family of the individual, or a similar residential location. b. Reduce health care costs to the state, the family of the affected individual, and health care facilities. (Act 2019-453, §3; Act 2019-499, §3.)
AL Code § 22-50-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 4A - Alabama Alzheimer's and Demetia Education, Care, and Training Act.|Section 22-50-83 - Rulemaking Authority.

Section 22-50-83Rulemaking authority. The Department of Public Health may adopt rules to implement this article. (Act 2019-453, §4; Act 2019-499, §4.)
AL Code § 22-50-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 2 - Mental Health.|Chapter 50 - Department of Mental Health; Board of Trustees.|Article 4A - Alabama Alzheimer's and Demetia Education, Care, and Training Act.|Section 22-50-84 - Appropriation of Funds; Fees.

Section 22-50-84Appropriation of funds; fees. (a) The Legislature may appropriate funding to establish and implement the requirements of this article and to maintain the programs and services required by this article. (b) The Department of Public Health may implement the requirements of this article to the extent funding is provided. (c) The department may accept gifts, grants, and donations offered in support of the services established by this article. (d) The department may assess reasonable fees from recipients of the services provided by this article, if the recipient is able to pay for the services. If the recipient is able to pay a portion of a fee, the department shall collect that portion from the recipient. All fees collected shall be used by the department for the purposes of this article. (Act 2019-453, §5; Act 2019-499, §5.)