CHAPTER 2. SUPERINTENDENTS OF STATE INSTITUTIONS

IC 12-24-2
    Chapter 2. Superintendents of State Institutions

IC 12-24-2-1
Administrative control
    Sec. 1. A state institution is under the administrative control of asuperintendent appointed under section 2 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.

IC 12-24-2-2
Appointment
    Sec. 2. Subject to the approval of the governor, the director of thedivision shall appoint the superintendent of a state institution.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.

IC 12-24-2-3
Qualifications; rules
    Sec. 3. The director of the division may adopt rules underIC 4-22-2 to prescribe the qualifications of a superintendent of a stateinstitution under the control of the division. A superintendent mustpossess the prescribed qualifications.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.

IC 12-24-2-4
Term; removal
    Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a superintendentserves a term of four (4) years.
    (b) Subject to the approval of the governor, the director mayremove a superintendent at any time.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.

IC 12-24-2-5
Administrative responsibility
    Sec. 5. The superintendent of a state institution is administrativelyresponsible to the director.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.

IC 12-24-2-6
Bond
    Sec. 6. A superintendent shall furnish a bond as required byIC 12-24-3-3.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.

IC 12-24-2-7
Powers
    Sec. 7. A superintendent may do the following:
        (1) Administer oaths.
        (2) Take depositions.
        (3) Certify to official acts.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.
IC 12-24-2-8
Regulation of smoking; prescribing nicotine
    Sec. 8. (a) Notwithstanding IC 12-27-3-3, the superintendent of astate institution has complete authority to regulate smoking (asdefined in IC 16-41-37-3) within the state institution.
    (b) A physician licensed under IC 25-22.5 may prescribe nicotineas is medically necessary for a resident of a state institution.
As added by P.L.110-1997, SEC.2.

IC 12-24-2-9
Admissions; Evansville state psychiatric treatment center forchildren
    Sec. 9. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an individual shall beadmitted to the Evansville State Psychiatric Treatment Center forChildren if the decision to admit the individual is approved by:
        (1) the individual's gatekeeper; and
        (2) the Evansville State Psychiatric Treatment Center forChildren's admission committee, which must consist of at leastthe following individuals:
            (A) The superintendent.
            (B) The medical director.
            (C) The clinical director.
            (D) The director of nursing.
    (b) The division of mental health and addiction shall encourageand facilitate the placement of appropriate patients at the EvansvilleState Psychiatric Treatment Center for Children. A state operatedfacility must be considered before referring a patient to anout-of-state treatment center. The appropriateness of admission to theEvansville State Psychiatric Treatment Center for Children isdetermined when both the individual's gatekeeper and the EvansvilleState Psychiatric Treatment Center for Children's admissioncommittee agree that the individual meets admission criteria and thatadmission to the Evansville State Psychiatric Treatment Center forChildren is the least restrictive treatment option available to meet theindividual's psychiatric needs. An administrator of the division ofmental health and addiction may not make a determination of theappropriateness of admission to the Evansville State PsychiatricTreatment Center for Children unless the individual's gatekeeper andthe admissions committee fail to reach agreement on theappropriateness of the referral. If the gatekeeper and the admissionscommittee fail to reach an agreement on the appropriateness of thereferral, the decision of the division of mental health and addictionis final.
As added by P.L.192-2002(ss), SEC.155.