Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1413-E – Director of the Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened
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1. Director. The Director of the Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened is responsible for administering the Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened and its programs and policies, including generating and seeking out financial aid, grants and money and overseeing vocational rehabilitation counselors who provide counseling to deaf, hard-of-hearing and late-deafened persons and who are within the division of vocational rehabilitation within the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services.
[PL 2011, c. 474, §2 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1413-E
- Deaf: means that the sense of hearing of an individual is nonfunctional for the purpose of communication and that individual must depend primarily upon visual communication. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1413-A
- Late deafened: means that the sense of hearing of an individual is nonfunctional for the purpose of communication and that the individual must depend primarily upon visual communication. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 1413-A
2. Director of the Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened; staff; qualifications. The Director of the Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened and the staff must be knowledgeable of the needs of deaf, hard-of-hearing and late-deafened persons and possess the ability to communicate on a meaningful basis with those persons.
[PL 2011, c. 474, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 560, §F13 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 174, §19 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 474, §2 (AMD).