Indiana § 12-23-16-2 - Powers and duties of division
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§ 12-23-16-2. Powers and duties of division
Sec. 2. The division may do the following:
(1) Provide for the promotion, establishment, coordination, and conduct of unified local programs of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation in the field of drug abuse in cooperation with federal, state, local, and private agencies.
(2) Survey and analyze the state's needs and formulate a comprehensive plan for the long range development of local community treatment programs through the utilization of state, federal, local, and private resources for the prevention and control of drug abuse.
(3) With the approval of the budget agency, make agreements concerning local community treatment programs, including agreements with public and private agencies, to do or cause to be done whatever is necessary, desirable, or proper to carry out the purposes and objectives of this chapter within the amounts made available by appropriation, gift, grant, devise, or bequest.
(4) Establish and operate local community rehabilitation centers and other local facilities that the division considers necessary or desirable for the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of drug abusers.
(5) Approve facilities and services for the local community treatment, care, or rehabilitation of drug abusers.
(6) With the approval of the budget agency, accept on behalf of the state a gift, grant, devise, or bequest.
(7) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-13-7-2.]
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.17.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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