Code of Virginia - Title 37.2 Mental Health, Mental Retardation, And Substance Abuse Services - Section 37.2-702 Separate state facilities for geriatric consumers; free-standing state facilities authorize...

§ 37.2-702. Separate state facilities for geriatric consumers; free-standing state facilities authorize...

The Department shall establish and operate a separate geriatric unit within each state facility that serves significant numbers of elderly individuals. Each unit shall provide care and treatment for those persons and shall be separated in a reasonable manner from the rest of the state facility.

The Board may, giving full consideration to the needs and resources available, authorize the establishment of free-standing state facilities for geriatric consumers.

(1974, c. 402, § 37.1-24.2; 1980, c. 582; 2005, c. 716.)

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