Section 4. Hospital and Clinical Facilities; State Institutions.--The Secretary of Health shall contract for or establish such hospital and clinical facilities as are necessary to care properly for persons addicted to the excessive use of alcoholic beverages, and shall establish standards for the administration and organization of these facilities. The Secretary of Health may also contract for the use of any State institution having adequate facilities therefor and admissions and commitments may be made thereto.
(4 amended Dec. 28, 1972, P.L.1644, No.345)
Compiler's Note: Section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of
1973 provided that the functions, powers and duties of
the Department of Health with regard to the prevention,
treatment, rehabilitation, research, education, and
training aspects of drug and alcohol abuse and dependence
problems, including, but not limited to, those vested in
the coordinating agency, the Division of Drug and Alcohol
Emergency Medical Services and Studies, as set forth in
sections 1 and 4 of Act 338, are transferred to the
Governor's Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse.