§ 16.00 Regulation and quality control of services for individuals with

developmental disabilities.

This article sets forth provisions enabling the commissioner of the
office for people with developmental disabilities to regulate and assure
the consistent high quality of services provided within the state to its
citizens with developmental disabilities. The commissioner may adopt and
promulgate any regulation reasonably necessary to implement and
effectively exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred by this
article. This article shall govern the operation of programs, provision
of services and the facilities hereinafter described and the
commissioner's powers and authority with respect thereto, and shall
supersede, as to such matters, sections of article thirty-one that are
inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.

Any provisions of this article which explicitly or implicitly apply
to, or reference, persons who are mentally retarded, shall be deemed to
apply to, or reference, persons with developmental disabilities.