                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RESEARCH INTO CAUSES OF MENTAL ILLNESS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, SUBSTANCE
ABUSE, AND RELATED SUBJECTS (§ 37.2-306)

The Commissioner is hereby directed to promote research into the causes of
mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse throughout the
Commonwealth. The Commissioner shall encourage the directors of the state
facilities and their staffs in the investigation of all subjects relating to
mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse. In these
research programs, the Commissioner shall make use, insofar as practicable, of
the services and facilities of medical schools and the hospitals allied with
them.

HISTORY: 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; 2012,
cc. 476, 507; 2017, c. 458.