Title 25, Mental and Physical Illness or Disability
27 chapters · 274 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-01 Definitions
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In this title, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Licensed physician" means an individual licensed under the laws of this state to practice medicine and also means a medical officer of the government of the United States while in this state in the perfor…
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-01.1 State council on developmental disabilities
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1. There must be maintained in the department of health and human services a state council on developmental disabilities consisting of: a. One representative of each of the following departments, divisions, institutions, and organizations designated by the head of such agency or …
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-02 Transfer of patients between institutions
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The supervising officer may transfer patients of the state hospital or life skills and transition center between such institutions whenever the superintendent of any such institution shall recommend such transfer and the supervising department is satisfied, upon investigation, th…
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-03 Supervising officer to appoint superintendent of institutions - Salaries - Removal
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1. The supervising officer shall appoint a superintendent for each of the institutions under its control, except for the state hospital, where the supervising officer shall appoint a superintendent in consultation with a state hospital governing body. 2. The tenure of office of e…
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-04 Superintendent of each institution to qualify
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The superintendent of each of the institutions mentioned in this chapter, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take the oath prescribed for civil officers.
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-05 General powers and duties of superintendents of various institutions
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The superintendent of each of the institutions mentioned in this chapter is the chief executive officer of the institution of which the person is superintendent and, in connection with such institution, shall: 1. Employ all employees and assistants required in the management of t…
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-06 Duty of superintendent and the supervising officer in case of questionable commitment
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The superintendent of the state hospital and the superintendent of the life skills and transition center shall notify the supervising officer immediately if there is any question as to the propriety of the commitment or detention of any person received at the institution, and the…
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-07 Salaries of officers and employees other than superintendent - How fixed
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The supervising officer in cooperation with the superintendent, prior to July first in each year, shall fix the annual or monthly salaries of all of the officers, exclusive of the superintendent, and all of the employees in each of the several institutions mentioned in this chapt…
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-08 Discharge of subordinate officers and employees
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The superintendent of any institution mentioned in this chapter may discharge any person employed therein, subject to such restrictions as may be placed upon such power by the supervising officer. The superintendent shall show in the record of any person discharged the reason the…
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-10 Supervising officer may accept gifts and bequests - State treasurer to have custody of funds
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The supervising officer may accept in the name of the state and hold in trust for any institution mentioned in this chapter any lands conveyed or devised and any money or other personal property given or bequeathed for application to any purpose connected with such institution. A…
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-11 State treasurer to have custody of income from granted lands
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The state treasurer is custodian of all funds arising from the sale of any lands granted to any institution named in this chapter, and such funds must be deposited with the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall keep a separate account for each such institution to which a lan…
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-12 Drawing of funds - Sale of lands - Release of mortgages - Appropriations limit power to contract
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Moneys appropriated or given to any institution mentioned in this chapter shall be expended only upon order of the supervising officer. The supervising officer, however, does not have the power to bind the state for any purpose in connection with any such institution beyond the a…
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-16 Treating patients cruelly - Penalty
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Any person responsible for the care or custody of any person admitted to a state institution in accordance with the provisions of this title, who treats the person admitted with severity, harshness, or cruelty, or who abuses that person in any way, is guilty of a class A misdemea…
N.D.C.C. § 25-01-17 Religious exercise of patient or resident under the care of the department of health and human services
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1. The department of health and human services may not: a. Substantially burden the exercise of religion by patient or resident under the department's care unless the burden is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering t…