§ 131E‑67. Specialty hospitals.
All functions, powers, duties, and obligations heretofore vested in theBoard of Directors of the North Carolina Specialty Hospitals and Eastern NorthCarolina Hospital are hereby transferred to and vested in the Department. Allappropriations heretofore made to such Board of Directors or to any of thehospitals are hereby transferred to the Department. The Secretary of theDepartment shall have the power and duty to adopt rules for the operation ofthese facilities. (1979, c. 838, s.46; 1983, c. 775, s. 1.)