The purpose of this article is to promote the public health, safety and welfare by providing for the development, establishment and enforcement of standards for the treatment and care of individuals in institutions within the purview of this article and the establishment, construction, maintenance and operation of such institutions which will promote safe and adequate treatment and care of individuals in such institutions.
Ala. Code § 22-21-21
Purpose of Article.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case O'Neal Ex Rel. Boyd v. Alabama Department of Public Health (1993)
Most recently applied in O'Neal Ex Rel. Boyd v. Alabama Department of Public Health (June 1993)
(Acts 1949, No. 530, p. 835, §1; Acts 1962, Ex
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