New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
Chapter XIV - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
Part 686 - Operation of Community Residences
Section 686.5 - Governance
Universal Citation: 14 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs § 686.5
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 12, March 26, 2025
(a) Principles of compliance.
(1)
Each agency operating one or more community residences shall have a governing
body (see glossary, section
686.99 of this Part).
(2) Unless a governing body is broadly
representative of the community (see glossary, section
686.99 of this Part) in which a
community residence is located, the agency shall have a community advisory
board composed of at least residents of the neighborhood in which the
residences are located and persons from the community residences. As a matter
of State policy, all OPWDD-operated community residences shall have at least an
agency-wide community advisory board. A community advisory board shall have at
least the following functions:
(i) to
organize itself, elect officers and direct its activities;
(ii) to advise the residence managers and the
governing body with regard to the operation of the community
residences;
(iii) to assist persons
living in the community residences to be integrated into the community in which
the facilities are located;
(iv) to
assist neighborhoods to accept the persons living in the community residences
as neighbors; and
(v) to have
advisory responsibilities during at least the first full year of operation of
the community residence.
(b) Standards of certification.
(1) When a community advisory board is
required, there is verification (see glossary, section
686.99 of this Part) that the
membership includes at least one party who is a resident of a neighborhood in
which a facility is located and one person who lives in a community
residence.
(2) There is evidence
that, if applicable, there is either an agency-wide or site specific community
advisory board in operation during at least the facility's first year of
operation.
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