The "adolescent residential treatment facility" is created. The adolescent residential treatment facility shall provide a residential treatment program designed for treating adolescents with serious emotional disturbances for the purpose of developing skills necessary for successful transition into the community. The facility shall include a therapeutic environment by establishing a therapeutic milieu or by using a reeducation model that emphasizes the building of competencies.
§ 23-9-4 NMSA 1978
Adolescent residential treatment facility; creation
Known as the Adolescent Treatment Hospital Act
The act spans §§ 23–23 (7 sections).
Laws 1992, ch. 60, § 4.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.