The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the development, establishment and enforcement of standards for the care and treatment of individuals in health facilities and for the operation, functioning and maintenance of health facilities which, in the light of scientific advances, will encourage adequate treatment of such individuals in said facilities.
History —June 26, 1965, No. 101, p. 250, § 19; July 20, 1979, No. 150, p. 368, § 2.