29.07 - Commissioner's powers over admissions to department facilities.

§ 29.07 Commissioner's powers over admissions to department facilities.    (a)  The commissioner may by order defer admissions to any facility in  the department when the total number of  patients  therein  exceeds  its  capacity  to an extent which will not permit adequate care and treatment  to be provided patients.    (b) If the commissioner shall determine that  overcrowding  exists  in  the   department  schools,  he  may,  within  the  amounts  appropriated  therefor, authorize admission for care and  treatment  of  any  mentally  retarded  person  to a designated facility approved for such purposes by  the commissioner. The patient and any liable relatives shall  be  liable  for  payment  of  fees  in  accordance  with article forty-three of this  chapter.