310 CMR 5.00 is promulgated by the Commissioner of the Department pursuant to the authority granted by M.G.L. c. 21A, §§ 2(28) and 16; by M.G.L. c. 30A, §§ 2 and 3; and by St. 1985, c. 95, §§ 2 and 3. 310 CMR 5.00 should be read together with M.G.L. c. 21A, § 16, which has many important substantive requirements not repeated in 310 CMR 5.00.
310 CMR, § 5.01