Title 25 — Mental and Physical Illness or Disability
27 chapters · 259 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. § 25-01-02.1 Health council to investigate mental health of patients
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Repealed by S.L. 1987, ch. 570, § 45. 25-01-03. Supervising officer to appoint superintendent of institutions - Salaries - Removal. 1. The supervising officer shall appoint a superintendent for each of the institutions under its control, except for the state hospital, where the s…
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. § 25-01-07 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. § 25-01-09 Officers of institutions to be furnished food supplies
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Repealed by S.L. 1971, ch. 501, § 2. 25-01-10. Supervising officer may accept gifts and bequests - State treasurer to have custody of funds. The supervising officer may accept in the name of the state and hold in trust for any institution mentioned in this chapter any lands conve…
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. § 25-01-16 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…