Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 84

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Section 5103, Title 16, Delaware Code, is repealed and a new Section 5103 enacted in lieu thereof to read as follows:

§ 5103. The Board shall appoint a Superintendent of the State Hospital and a State Psychiatrist and Criminologist. The State Psychiatrist and Criminologist shall be the director of the State Mental Hygiene Clinics.

Section 2. Section 5141, Title 16, Delaware Code is repealed and a new Section 5141 enacted in lieu thereof to read as follows:

§ 5141. The State Board Trustees may maintain mental hygiene clinics which shall be composed of such professional assistants as may be recommended by the State Psychiatrist.

Section 3. Section 5303, Title 16, Delaware Code is repealed and a new Section 5303 enacted in lieu thereof to read as follows:

§ 5303. The State Board of Trustees may establish at the Center a mental hygiene clinic to be composed of such professional assistants as may be recommended by the State Psychiatrist. The State Psychiatrist shall be the directing head of the clinic.

Approved June 15, 1961.