§ 242. Separability of provisions; federal law; regulations. 1. If any
provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or
circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this article and the
application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall
not be affected thereby.

2. Nothing in this article shall be interpreted or applied so as to
create a conflict with federal law.

3. The chair shall have authority to adopt regulations to effectuate
any of the provisions of this article.