(1) No agency shall issue, cause to be printed or otherwise duplicated or distributed any form that does not have the prior approval of the director and to which the director has assigned a number.
(2) Each agency shall comply immediately and fully with directives of the director for the elimination or redesign of any form in use on July 1, 1976, and shall provide the director with whatever personal or staff assistance is required to carry out those directives.
(3) Compliance with this chapter and rules, regulations and standards promulgated by the director pursuant to the director's authority is mandatory upon the chief executive officer of each agency, although such chief executive officer may delegate the authority to act in such chief executive officer's behalf in so doing to a subordinate official within the agency.