Statutes > Virginia Statutes > Title 37.2 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES. > Chapter 3 - Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (37.2-300 thru 37.2-319) > 37.2-306 - Research into causes of mental illness, mental retardation, substance abuse, and related subjects.

37.2-306 - Research into causes of mental illness, mental retardation, substance abuse, and related subjects.

§ 37.2-306. Research into causes of mental illness, mental retardation,substance abuse, and related subjects.

The Commissioner is hereby directed to promote research into the causes ofmental illness, mental retardation, and substance abuse throughout theCommonwealth. The Commissioner shall encourage the directors of the statefacilities and their staffs in the investigation of all subjects relating tomental illness, mental retardation, and substance abuse. In these researchprograms, the Commissioner shall make use, insofar as practicable, of theservices 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.)