Code of Virginia - Title 37.2 Mental Health, Mental Retardation, And Substance Abuse Services - Section 37.2-306 Research into causes of mental illness, mental retardation, substance abuse, and related subjects...

§ 37.2-306. Research into causes of mental illness, mental retardation, substance abuse, and related subjects...

The Commissioner is hereby directed to promote research into the causes of mental illness, mental retardation, and substance abuse throughout the Commonwealth. The Commissioner shall encourage the directors of the state facilities and their staffs in the investigation of all subjects relating to mental illness, mental retardation, and substance abuse. In these research programs, the Commissioner shall make use, insofar as practicable, of the services and facilities of medical schools and the hospitals allied with them.

(Code 1950, §§ 37-14, 37-38.1; 1950, p. 900; 1958, c. 610; 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-24; 1972, c. 639; 1976, c. 671; 1980, c. 582; 2005, c. 716.)

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