36-202. State hospital for the mentally
disordered; official name; purpose; facilities and
equipment


A. A state hospital shall be maintained for the care and treatment of persons with
mental disorders, and persons with other personality disorders or emotional conditions
who will benefit from care and treatment. Admissions to the state hospital shall be in
accordance with law. The hospital shall be called the Arizona state hospital.


B. Subject to legislative appropriation the state hospital may provide services to
persons suffering from alcoholism and to persons suffering from drug abuse.


C. The state hospital shall have adequate facilities and equipment for enlightened
and scientific treatment of nervous and mental diseases in accordance with approved
methods of mental therapeutics. Such facilities shall include, among other things:


1. Facilities for medical and psychiatric treatment with special attention to
occupational therapy and other special therapies.


2. Facilities for proper segregation and care of child patients.


3. Facilities for recreation and physical training.


4. An institutional library for the use of patients.


5. A properly equipped dental department.


6. A properly equipped laboratory and X-ray department.


7. A patient tracking system approved by the deputy director which monitors
individual progress on an inpatient basis and assures suitable aftercare placement.


D. The state hospital shall be under the charge and control of the deputy director
of the division of behavioral health of the department of health services, pursuant to
the provisions of this article and chapter 34 of this title.