New York Laws
Title E - General Provisions
Article 31 - Regulation and Quality Control of Services for the Mentally Disabled

31.01 - Evaluation of Services for the Mentally Disabled. - (a) The commissioner shall ensure that all services for the...

31.02 - Operating Certificate Required. - (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section...

31.03 - Operating Certificates for Family Care Homes. - (a) No provider of services as a family care home...

31.04 - Regulatory Powers of the Commissioner. - (a) The commissioner shall have the power to adopt regulations...

31.05 - Issuance of an Operating Certificate. - (a) No operating certificate shall be issued by the commissioner...

31.06 - Child Abuse Prevention. - All facilities described in subdivision (a) of section 31.02 of...

31.07 - Investigations and Inspections. - The commissioner shall have the power to conduct investigations into...

31.08 - Compliance With Operational Standards by General Hospitals. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 31.07 of this article,...

31.09 - Powers of the Department Regarding Investigation and Inspection. - (a) In conducting an investigation or inspection, the commissioner or...

31.11 - Certain Duties of Providers of Services. - It shall be the duty of every holder of an...

31.13 - Powers of Subpoena and Examination. - In conducting any investigation, inspection, or hearing under this chapter,...

31.16 - Suspension, Revocation, or Limitation of an Operating Certificate and Imposition of Fines by the Commissioner of Mental Health. - (a) The commissioner of mental health may revoke, suspend, or...

31.17 - Formal Hearings; Procedure. - (a) When a hearing must be afforded pursuant to this...

31.19 - Confinement, Care, and Treatment of the Mentally Disabled. - (a) No individual who is or appears to be mentally...

31.20 - Temporary Operator. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Established operator"...

31.21 - Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order. - (a) The supreme court may enjoin violations or threatened violations...

31.22 - Approval of Certain Certificates of Incorporation or Articles of Organization; Granting of Operating Certificates. - (a) No certificate of incorporation of a business or not-for-profit...

31.23 - Approval of New Construction. - (a) As used or referred to in this section, unless...

31.25 - Residential Services for Treatment of Eating Disorders. - The commissioner shall establish, pursuant to regulation, licensed residential providers...

31.26 - Residential Treatment Facilities for Children and Youth. - (a) The commissioner may authorize the operation of residential treatment...

31.27 - Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Programs. - (a) As used in this section: (1) "Commissioner" means the...

31.35 - Review of Criminal History Information Concerning Certain Prospective Employees. - (b) Access to and the use of such information shall...

31.36 - Crisis Stabilization Services. - The commissioner shall be authorized, in conjunction with the commissioner...

31.37 - Mental Health Incident Review Panels. - (a) The commissioner is authorized to establish, on his or...

31.28 - Facilities; Receivership. - (a) The owner or owners of any facility may at...

31.29 - Monthly Personal Allowances. - (a) Each resident of a residential care center for adults...

31.30 - Abuse, Neglect, and Significant Incidents Involving Vulnerable Persons. - (a) The commissioner in consultation with the executive director of...

31.31 - Improper Expenditure of Moneys. - (a) No provider of services licensed pursuant to this article...

31.33 - Mental Health Special Needs Plans. - The commissioner, jointly with the commissioner of health, shall be...