Section 16. Stationary engineers, steam firemen, school teachers and head farmers employed in intellectual disability facilities of the department and, except as otherwise provided by the civil service law and rules, the classified labor service of the department, shall be exempt from chapter thirty-one; provided, however, that whenever, as a condition of receiving federal grants for programs and activities to which the federal standards for a merit system of personnel administration relate, federal requirements make necessary the application of the civil service law and rules to any such position, or to the classified labor service or any portion thereof, said positions or service shall be subject to chapter thirty-one; provided, further, such federal requirements are uniform in all states.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 19b - Department of Developmental Services
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 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 10 - Crimes Committed by or Upon Persons on Facility Premises or Persons in Care of Facility
Section 12 - Community Intellectual Disability Services
Section 12a - Comprehensive Program of Community Developmental Disability Services
Section 14 - Rules and Regulations
Section 15 - Residential or Day Care Services; Licenses
Section 16 - Intellectual Disability Facility Employees; Civil Service Exemption