New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
Chapter XIV - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
Part 604 - Access to or Correction/Amendment of Records of the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities Subject to the Personal Privacy Protection Law
Section 604.2 - Statutory authority

(a) Section 13.09 of the Mental Hygiene Law, grants the commissioner the power to adopt rules and regulations which are necessary and proper to implement any matter under his or her jurisdiction.

(b) Section 94 of article 6-A of the Public Officers Law, requires the Commissioner of OPWDD to publish regulations governing the access to records which will ensure that the personal privacy rights of persons on whom records are maintained are sufficiently protected.