(a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is authorized to take the necessary action to establish and maintain, or to cause to be established and maintained, community centers, alone or together with public agencies or private organizations, at localities determined to be appropriate for the better providing of or for assistance in the providing of mental retardation services for any region or locality in the state. Community centers may be organized on a formal or informal basis as shall be determined to best suit the circumstances at any particular region or locality, including without limitation organization under the provisions of the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, §§ 4-28-201 -- 4-28-206 and 4-28-209 -- 4-28-224.
(b) Within the limits of available funds, a program for furnishing mental retardation services shall be developed for each community center which may include a state grants-in-aid program. In this regard, the board is authorized to promulgate regulations covering the establishment and operation of community centers, the formulation and implementation of mental retardation programs and activities for community centers, and the funding of the programs and activities.
(c) The board is prohibited from promulgating any rule or regulation that would set the salary of any employee of a community-based program unless specifically required to do so by the federal government.
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