SLS Residential, Inc. v. New York State Office of Mental Health

*952The New York State Office of Mental Health (hereinafter OMH) issued operating certificates to the petitioner SLS Residential, Inc. (hereinafter SLS), for two mental health residential facilities and a clinic. In a prior proceeding involving the parties, this Court concluded that substantial evidence supported OMH’s determination that SLS had violated statutes, regulations, and cease-and-desist directives concerning, inter alia, violation of patient rights, but annulled a fine imposed for unlawful use of restraints, since OMH’s restraint policy had not been promulgated as a regulation (see…