ARTICLE 7 PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE. Section 170. Psychiatric Institute. 171. Maintenance of institute. 172. Director of institute; residence and maintenance of staff. 170. Psychiatric Institute. The pathological institute heretofore established by the commission in connection with the Manhattan State Hospital on Ward's island is hereby continued and shall hereafter be known as the Psychiatric Institute. The object of such institute shall be the making of psychiatric and pathological researches and investigations, and the giving of instruction to the members of the medical staffs of the several state hospitals for the insane. Such institute shall be under the general supervision and control of the commission. (As amended by chapter 289 of the Laws of 1910.) 171. Maintenance of institute. Such institute shall be maintained as a part of Manhattan State Hospital, and all the provisions of this chapter relating to the maintenance and purchase of supplies and material for such hospital shall apply to such institute, and the laboratories thereof except as far as in the opinion of the commission, other provisions may be necessary to carry out the purposes of such institute. (As amended by chapter 289 of the Laws of 1910.) § 172. Director of institute; residence and maintenance of staff. The director of such institute shall be appointed by the commission, after a special civil service examination therefor. He shall perform, under the direction of the commission, such duties relating to psychiatric and pathological research and the instruction of medical staffs of the several state hospitals, and such other duties as may be required by the commission. He shall have the supervision and control of such institute and of the physicians and others employed therein, subject to the general direction, supervision and control of the commission as provided in this article. He shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the commission, subject to the approval of the governor. The Manhattan State Hospital shall co-operate with the institute in such manner as the commission may from time to time direct. The director shall reside and have his office upon Ward's island and he shall be furnished a residence and maintenance for himself and family as provided by law in the case of the superintendent of the Manhattan State Hospital. The physicians of the staff of such institute shall, if required by the commission, reside upon Ward's island, and shall be furnished with residence and maintenance as as provided by law in the case of the superintendent of the Manhattan State Hospital. (As amended by chapter 289 of the Laws of 1910.) SCHEDULE OF LAWS REPEALED. Revised Statutes.... Part 1, chapter 20, title 3, .... All |