2006 Minnesota Statutes

245.62 COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER.
    Subdivision 1. Establishment. Any city, county, town, combination thereof, or private
nonprofit corporation may establish a community mental health center.
    Subd. 2. Definition. A community mental health center is a private nonprofit corporation
or public agency approved under the rules promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to
subdivision 4.
    Subd. 3. Clinical supervisor. All community mental health center services shall be provided
under the clinical supervision of a licensed psychologist licensed under sections 148.88 to 148.98,
or a physician who is board certified or eligible for board certification in psychiatry, and who is
licensed under section 147.02.
    Subd. 4. Rules. The commissioner shall promulgate rules to establish standards for the
designation of an agency as a community mental health center. These standards shall include,
but are not limited to:
(a) provision of mental health services in the prevention, identification, treatment and
aftercare of emotional disorders, chronic and acute mental illness, developmental disabilities,
and alcohol and drug abuse and dependency, including the services listed in section 245.61
except detoxification services;
(b) establishment of a community mental health center board pursuant to section 245.66; and
(c) approval pursuant to section 245.69, subdivision 2.
History: 1957 c 392 s 2; 1959 c 530 s 1; 1967 c 888 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 583 s
14; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1975 c 69 s 1; 1979 c 324 s 14; 1983 c 312 art 5 s 1; 1984 c 640 s 32; 1989 c
282 art 4 s 54; 1991 c 255 s 19; 1997 c 7 art 5 s 23,24; 2005 c 56 s 1