The appointing authority shall assure that each Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded run by the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation shall have a standing Human Rights Committee or that clients residing in such a facility run by the Department shall have access to a standing Human Rights Committee which may be established jointly by the heads of more than one program, provided that the number, geographical separateness or programmatic diversity of the programs is not so great as to limit the effectiveness of the committee in meeting the requirements herein set forth.
14- 191 C.M.R. ch. 1, § IV