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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 37.2 - Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
Chapter 3 - Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
§ 37.2-306. Research into causes of mental illness, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and related subjects
Universal Citation: VA Code § 37.2-306 (2018)
The Commissioner is hereby directed to promote research into the causes of mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse throughout the Commonwealth. The Commissioner shall encourage the directors of the state facilities and their staffs in the investigation of all subjects relating to mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse. In these research programs, the Commissioner shall make use, insofar as practicable, of the services and facilities of medical schools and the hospitals allied with them.
Code 1950, §§ 37-14, 37-38.1; 1950, p. 900; 1958, c. 610; 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-24; 1972, c. 639; 1976, c. 671; 1980, c. 582; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507; 2017, c. 458.
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