Section 2583. Children with physical disabilities; rules and regulations; limitations

1. Such service shall be provided in accordance with rules
  and regulations established  by  the  commissioner.  The  commissioner's
  rules and regulations may relate to:
    (a)  the defects, disabilities, diseases and conditions eligible under
  the program and the type and extent of care that may be offered.
    (b)  qualifications  of  professional  personnel,  both  medical   and
  paramedical.
    (c)  standards  of  institutional  care, whether in general hospitals,
  special hospitals, long-term care  facilities,  or  such  other  special
  facilities,  whether inpatient or outpatient, as may be needed to obtain
  the services required.
    (d) limitations on the amount of professional fees, and  on  rates  in
  general  hospitals,  special  hospitals,  long-term  care facilities and
  special facilities for  which  reimbursement  may  be  made  under  this
  article.
    (e)  standards  and  procedures  for  administration  of  programs for
  children with physical disabilities.
    2. Sections two thousand five hundred  eighty  to  two  thousand  five
  hundred  eighty-three, inclusive, and section six hundred sixty, of this
  chapter, shall not apply to:
    (a) children requiring permanent custodial care.
    (b)  children  institutionalized  in  mental,  correctional  or  penal
  institutions of the state of New York.
    (c)  children  who,  in  the  judgment of the commissioner, may not be
  expected to benefit from medical service.
    (d) children whose parents or guardians  object  to  medical  services
  because of exclusive dependence for healing on the practice of religious
  tenets of any church.