2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities
Section 17a-472 - (Formerly Sec. 17-215a). Appointment and removal of facility superintendents and directors.
Except as otherwise provided, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall appoint and remove (1) the superintendents and directors of state-operated facilities and divisions constituting the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and (2) the director of the Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital, who shall report to the director of forensic services and shall have as his sole responsibility the administration of the Whiting Forensic Division. Each superintendent or director shall be a qualified person with experience in health, hospital or mental health administration.
(1972, P.A. 145, S. 7; P.A. 95-257, S. 54, 58.)
History: Sec. 17-215a transferred to Sec. 17a-472 in 1991; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner of Mental Health with Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and added Subdiv. (2) re Whiting Forensic Division, effective July 1, 1995.
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