Section 22-54-1
Section 22-54-1
Establishment authorized; facility to be under jurisdiction of Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; designation.
(a) The Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation is hereby authorized to establish an institution for persons displaying evidence of mental illness or psychosocial disorders and requiring diagnostic services and treatment in a security setting.
(b) The institution shall be under the jurisdiction of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and shall be known as the Alabama Security Medical Facility.
(Acts 1975, No. 1220, p. 2545, §1.)Section 22-54-2
Section 22-54-2
Sources from which patients may be admired to facility.
(a) Patients admitted to the facility may originate from the following sources:
(1) Residents of any institution under the jurisdiction of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation;
(2) Commitments by the courts as mentally incompetent to stand trial under applicable state law;
(3) Referrals by the courts for psychosocial diagnosis and recommendation as part of the pretrial or presentence procedure or determination of mental competency to stand trial;
(4) Mentally ill prisoners from county and municipal jails for diagnosis, evaluation or treatment; and
(5) Mentally ill convicts under the custody of the Department of Corrections of Alabama for diagnosis, evaluation or treatment.
(b) Patients from other sources may be admitted provided such admission is not inconsistent with the law and is within the capacity of the facilities and staff to accommodate same.
(Acts 1975, No. 1220, p. 2545, §2.)Section 22-54-3
Section 22-54-3
Applications for admission; when applications for admission not to be accepted.
(a) All admissions to the facility shall be by written application only. Application shall be made by the head of the state institution, agency, governmental body or court requesting same to the superintendent of the facility.
(b) An application shall not be accepted by the superintendent if by so doing the admission will result in an overcrowded condition or if adequate staff or facilities are not available.
(Acts 1975, No. 1220, p. 2545, §3.)Section 22-54-4
Section 22-54-4
Return of patients to sources from which received; institutions, courts, etc., referring patients to facility to retain constructive jurisdiction over patients; discharge of patients; applicability of support, commitment and release statutes to patients at facility.
(a) When a patient transferred to the facility from any other state institution or admitted by request or order of any agency, governmental body or court no longer requires special treatment in the security setting, the patient may be returned to the source from which received.
(b) The state institution, agency, governmental body or court that referred the patient for hospitalization shall retain constructive jurisdiction over the patient.
(c) Patients without legal encumbrances may be discharged directly from the facility upon concurrence of the superintendent of the facility and the head of the referring institution, agency, governmental body or court.
(d) The support, commitment and release statutes applicable to a patient at the state institution from which transferred shall remain applicable while the person is a patient at the facility.
(Acts 1975, No. 1220, p. 2545, §5.)Section 22-54-5
Section 22-54-5
Final decision as to admission or discharge of patients to rest with superintendent of facility.
The final decision regarding admission and discharge of patients shall rest with the superintendent of the facility.
(Acts 1975, No. 1220, p. 2545, §4.)
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