N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 16.00: Regulation and quality control of services for individuals with developmental disabilities

§ 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.