Section 22-50-2 Department - Created; composition; divisions; offices. - Alabama Statutes

Section 22-50-2

Department - Created; composition; divisions; offices.

There shall be created and established a department of the state government to be known as the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. The department shall be composed of the State Mental Health and Mental Retardation Commissioner and such divisions and administrative sections as the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Commissioner may direct. The principal offices of the department shall be located at the state capitol. The department shall perform the functions prescribed in this chapter.

(Acts 1965, No. 881, p. 1649, §1; Acts 1984, No. 84-242, p. 365, §1.)