§ 40:2126 — Hospitals for the care of emotionally disturbed children; creation;

§2126. Hospitals for the care of emotionally disturbed children; creation;
conversion to full range psychiatric hospitals with satellite community
cottages; superintendents
A. There are hereby created four hospitals for the care, treatment, and
rehabilitation of emotionally disturbed children, to be located in New Orleans,
Baton Rouge, Shreveport, and Alexandria. These hospitals may be converted
to full range psychiatric hospitals with satellite community cottages providing
services to adults as well as emotionally disturbed children by the secretary of
the Louisiana Department of Health upon his determination that there exists
a need for such facilities. Each of the said hospitals shall be so limited in size
as to allow for not more than three hundred beds.
B. The priority for the construction of the said hospitals shall be in the
following order, namely; New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, and
Alexandria.
C. The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall appoint
a superintendent to control and manage each such hospital, subject to the
provision of Subsection D hereof. Each superintendent shall be the executive
officer of the hospital he is appointed to administer and shall be a classified
state employee.
D. Each superintendent, in accordance with law, may appoint necessary
employees.
The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health may make rules
and regulations for the operation and management of the said hospitals and, in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the civil service commission, shall
fix all salaries.
E. The provisions of this Section are expressly made applicable to the
subject matters embraced in R.S. 46:1751 through R.S. 46:1767 to the extent
necessary to give full effect to this Section.

Legislative History

Acts 1981, No. 673, §1.