Department of Developmental Services

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Section
1

Creation; Powers of Department and Commissioner

Section
2

Commissioner; Appointment; Qualifications; Appointments by Commissioner; Report; Salary

Section
3

Deputy Commissioner; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications

Section
4

Assistant, Associate or Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications

Section
5

Legal Counsel

Section
6

Program for Training of Residents in Professional Disciplines

Section
7

State Facilities Under Department Control

Section
8

Superintendents or Directors; Vacancies; Appointments; Qualifications; Officers

Section
9

Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 13

Section
10

Crimes Committed by or Upon Persons on Facility Premises or Persons in Care of Facility

Section
11

Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 14

Section
12

Community Intellectual Disability Services

Section
12a

Comprehensive Program of Community Developmental Disability Services

Section
13

Development and Maintenance of Community Intellectual Disability Services and Community Developmental Disability Services

Section
14

Rules and Regulations

Section
15

Residential or Day Care Services; Licenses

Section
15a

License for Program Offering Residential or Day Care Services to the Public and Providing Treatment for Persons With a Developmental Disability; Standards and Requirements; Protection of Individuals Served by Program From Exploitation

Section
16

Intellectual Disability Facility Employees; Civil Service Exemption

Section
17

Transportation for Persons With an Intellectual Disability or a Developmental Disability; Reimbursements for Costs

Section
18

Interagency Agreements With Commissioner of Mental Health or Office of Medicaid for Coordinated Regulation or Management of Certain Services

Section
19

Fingerprint-Based Checks to Be Conducted on Applicants Seeking License for Department's Client Population Residential or Day Care Services or for Other Agency Serving Department's Client Population; Individuals With Unsupervised Contact With Persons With Intellectual or Developmental Disability

Section
20

Criminal Offender Record Information Checks to Be Conducted on Persons Providing Residential or Support Services With Potential for Unsupervised Contact With Persons With Intellectual or Developmental Disability; Fingerprint Submissions