New York Laws
Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act
Article 15 - Admission of People With Developmental Disabilities to Schools

15.01 - Definitions. - As used in this article: "in need of care and...

15.03 - Admission to a School. - Unless otherwise specifically provided for by statute, a person with...

15.05 - Examining Physician or Psychologist and Medical Certificate. - (a) A person is disqualified from acting as an examining...

15.07 - Notice to All Residents of Their Rights and of the Availability of the Mental Hygiene Legal Service. - (a) Immediately upon the admission of any resident to a...

15.09 - Notices to Mental Hygiene Legal Service Concerning Minors. - When any person under the age of eighteen years is...

15.11 - Records of Residents. - The director of a school shall within five days, excluding...

15.13 - Voluntary Admissions. - (a) The director of any school may receive as a...

15.15 - Voluntary Admissions; Suitability. - (a) In order for a person to be suitable for...

15.17 - Voluntary Admissions; Notices. - The director shall cause all residents admitted on their own...

15.19 - Voluntary Admissions; Encouragement Of. - (a) It shall be the duty of all state and...

15.21 - Voluntary Admissions; Conversion To. - (a) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to...

15.23 - Voluntary Admissions; Review of Status. - (a) No voluntary resident, whether admitted on such status or...

15.25 - Admission and Retention of Certain Non-Objecting Residents. - (a) The director of any school may receive and retain...

15.27 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification. - (a) The commissioner may receive and retain in a school,...

15.29 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification; Notice of Admission to Residents and Others. - (a) The director shall cause written notice of a person's...

15.31 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification; Resident's Right to a Hearing. - (a) If, at any time prior to the expiration of...

15.33 - Court Authorization to Retain an Involuntary Resident. - (a) If the director shall determine that a resident admitted...

15.35 - Review of Court Authorization to Retain an Involuntary Resident. - If a person who has been denied release or whose...

15.37 - Transfer of Juvenile Delinquents. - (a) The commissioner shall receive and arrange for the admission...