Section 16.00. Regulation and quality control of services for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled

This article sets forth provisions enabling the  commissioner  of  the
  office  of mental retardation and developmental disabilities to regulate
  and assure the consistent high quality of services provided  within  the
  state  to  its  mentally retarded and developmentally disabled citizens.
  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.