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Name:
Mark F. Botts |
| Title:
Associate Professor of Public Law and Government |
| Phone:
919.962.8204 |
| E-mail: botts@sog.unc.edu |
Areas
of Interest: Mental health law, including involuntary commitment law and procedure;
privacy of behavioral healthcare records; local government
responsibility for publicly funded mental health, developmental
disabilities, and substance abuse services; administration and
governance of area authorities; legal responsibilities of area
boards; psychotherapist liability for dangerous patients; advance
directives for mental health treatment
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Mark Botts joined the Institute of Government in 1992. Prior to that, he served
judicial clerkships with the US Court of
Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the US
District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Botts' publications
include A Legal Manual for Area Mental Health, Developmental
Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Boards in North Carolina. Mark holds a BA from Albion College and a JD
from the University of Michigan School of Law.
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