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12-17-226.1
Section 12-17-226.1 Authorization to establish program; discretionary powers; supervision
and control; intervention plans. (a) The district attorney of any judicial circuit of this
state may establish a pretrial diversion program within that judicial circuit or any county
within that judicial circuit. (b) All discretionary powers endowed by the common law, provided
for by statute and acts of this state, or otherwise provided by law for the district attorneys
of this state shall be retained. (c) A county pretrial diversion program established under
subsection (a) shall be under the direct supervision and control of the district attorney.
The district attorney may contract with any agency, person, or corporation, including, but
not limited to, certified and judicially sanctioned community corrections programs, certified
mental health and drug treatment programs, family service programs, or any certified not-for-profit
programs for services related to this division. The district attorney...
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22-52-90
Section 22-52-90 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: (1) DESIGNATED MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. A mental health
facility other than a state mental health facility designated by the state Department of Mental
Health to receive persons for evaluation, examination, admission, detention, or treatment
pursuant to the commitment process. (2) COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER. A person who acts
as a liaison between law enforcement and the general public, and who is regularly employed
by a municipality within the county or regularly employed by the county commission or any
public body or agency, including the state Department of Mental Health. A community mental
health officer may be employed jointly or in combination by two or more governments, entities,
or agencies authorized by the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
a community mental health officer shall not be an employee of the Department of Human...
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27-54-2
Section 27-54-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have
the following meanings: (1) DAY TREATMENT SERVICES. Includes, but is not limited to: Physiological,
psychological, and psychosocial concepts, techniques, and processes necessary to maintain
or develop functional skills of clients, provided to individuals and groups for periods of
more than two hours but less than 24 hours a day. (2) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. A health care service
plan governed by the provisions of Article 6, Chapter 4, Title 10, and a group health insurance
policy, including an employee welfare health benefit plan, that covers hospital, medical,
or surgical expenses, issued by insurers, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider
organizations, medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations, or any other
person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for,
purchases, or furnishes health care services to patients, insureds, or...
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37-15-5
Section 37-15-5 Underground damage prevention program. (a) Until January 1, 2027: (1)
Operators who have underground facilities within this state shall participate in and utilize
the services of the One-Call Notification System. (2) Operators that are members of the One-Call
Notification System on January 1, 2020, must remain members. (3) Operators with more than
25,000 customers or 500 miles of facilities, that are not members, must join the One-Call
Notification System by January 1, 2021. (4) Operators that do not meet the thresholds described
in subdivision (2) or (3), must join the One-Call Notification System by January 1, 2022.
(5) Operators of electrical underground facilities that join the One-Call Notification System
under the requirements of subdivision (3) or (4) having less than five percent underground
trench miles compared to the total miles of line, are not subject to the membership costs
until their underground trench miles exceed the trench mile exemption. These...
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26-16-10
Section 26-16-10 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board - Criteria for making grants
to local councils. In making grants to a local council, the state board shall consider the
degree to which the local council meets the following criteria: (1) Has as its primary purpose
the development and facilitation of a collaborative community prevention program in a specific
geographical area. The prevention program shall utilize trained volunteers and existing community
resources wherever practicable. (2) Is administered by a board of directors composed of an
equal number of members from the following two groups: a. A representative from each of the
following local agencies: The county department of human resources, the county public health
department, a mental health representative, the office of the prosecuting attorney, a local
law enforcement agency, a school district, and a number of private, local agencies that provide
treatment or prevention services for abused and neglected children and...
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22-12A-2
Section 22-12A-2 Legislative intent; "perinatal" defined. (a) It is the legislative
intent to effect a program in this state of: (1) Perinatal care in order to reduce infant
mortality and handicapping conditions; (2) Administering such policy by supporting quality
perinatal care at the most appropriate level in the closest proximity to the patients' residences
and based on the levels of care concept of regionalization; and (3) Encouraging the closest
cooperation between various state and local agencies and private health care services in providing
high quality, low cost prevention oriented perinatal care, including optional educational
programs. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, the word "perinatal" shall include
that period from conception to one year post delivery. (Acts 1980, No. 80-761, p. 1586, §2;
Acts 1981, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 81-1140, p. 417, §1.)...
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22-2A-2
Section 22-2A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) MULTI-STATE POOLING INITIATIVE. A group of two or more states
working together to reduce the cost of pharmaceuticals purchased or paid for by those states.
(2) PHARMACEUTICAL or DRUG. Any medicinal substance, preparation, or device recognized by
the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, or any revision thereof, and any substance
and preparation intended for external and internal use in the cure, diagnosis, mitigation,
treatment, or prevention of disease in humans, and any substance and preparation other than
food intended to affect the structure or any function of the human body. (3) PHARMACEUTICAL
PROGRAM. A program administered by the Department of Mental Health, Department of Corrections,
Department of Public Health, Department of Youth Services, or the Department of Rehabilitation
Services, pursuant to which pharmaceuticals are purchased for use by clients....
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22-50-17
Section 22-50-17 Operation of a facility for care or treatment of mental or emotional
illness or substance abuse, or services to persons with an intellectual disability. (a) No
person, partnership, corporation, or association of persons shall operate a facility or institution
for the care or treatment of any kind of mental or emotional illness or substance abuse or
for providing services to persons with an intellectual disability as defined in this chapter,
without being certified by the department or licensed by the State Board of Health; provided
that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to require a duly authorized
physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, licensed professional counselor operating
under the scope of his or her license, or Christian Science practitioner to obtain a license
for treatment of patients in his private office, unless he keeps two or more patients in his
office for continuous periods of 24 hours or more in one week, or that a church...
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26-16-2
Section 26-16-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them: (1) CHILD. A person under 18 years of age.
(2) CHILD ABUSE. Harm or threatened harm to a child's health or welfare by a person responsible
for the child's health or welfare, which harm occurs or is threatened through nonaccidental
physical or mental injury; sexual abuse, which includes a violation of any provision of Article
4, Chapter 6, Title 13A. (3) CULTURAL COMPETENCY. The ability of an individual or organization
to understand and act respectfully toward, in a cultural text, the beliefs, interpersonal
styles, attitudes, and behaviors of persons and families of various cultures, including persons
and families of various cultures who participate in services from the individual or organization
and persons of various cultures who provide services for the individual or organization. (4)
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention....
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38-7-7
Section 38-7-7 License to operate or conduct child-care facility - Department to establish
minimum standards for licensing; factors to be considered; children in need of special treatment;
department to offer consultation. (a) The department shall prescribe and publish minimum standards
for licensing and for approving all child-care facilities, as defined in this chapter. In
establishing such standards the department shall seek the advice and assistance of persons
representative of the various types of child-care facilities. The standards prescribed and
published under this chapter shall include regulations pertaining to: (1) The operation and
conduct of the child-care facility and the responsibility it assumes for child care; (2) The
character, suitability and qualifications of the applicant and other persons directly responsible
for the care and welfare of children served; (3) The general financial ability and competence
of the applicant to provide necessary care for children and to...
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