If any provision, clause, section, sentence or paragraph of these regulations or the application thereof to any person shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions or applications of the regulations. The valid part of any provision, clause, section, sentence, or paragraph shall be given independence from the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end these regulations are hereby declared to be severable.
10-144 C.M.R. ch. 223, § 9