1. The department shall promulgate rules under the provisions of this section and chapter 536 as necessary to prescribe policies or standards which affect charging, funding and licensing procedures of residential facilities, day programs and specialized services available to the public and for reporting and investigating complaints of abuse and neglect. The rules applicable to each facility, program or service operated, funded or licensed by the department shall be available for public inspection and review at such facility, program or service. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.

2. The department shall adopt operating regulations concerning only its internal management which need not be published in the Missouri Register or the code of state regulations under chapter 536, but these regulations shall be available at department facilities for public inspection and review.

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3. Under the supervision of the department and its respective divisions, each facility shall adopt policies concerning only its internal management or its procedures for its patients, residents or clients without publishing such policies in the Missouri Register or the code of state regulations under chapter 536, but the facility policies shall be available at such facility for public inspection and review.

4. The rules, operating regulations and facility policies shall be compatible with and appropriate to the facility or program mission, population served, size, type of service and other reasonable classifications.