(a)

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-11-603

  • Department: means the department of human services. See Tennessee Code 49-11-602
  • Director: means director of the vocational rehabilitation program. See Tennessee Code 49-11-602
  • Division: means the division of rehabilitation services. See Tennessee Code 49-11-602
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Vocational rehabilitation: means making an individual able, or increasing the individual's ability, to:
    (A) Engage in a remunerative occupation. See Tennessee Code 49-11-602
  • Vocational rehabilitation services: means :
    (A) Diagnostic and related services, including transportation, incidental to the determination of whether an individual is a handicapped individual, and if so, the individual's eligibility for, and the nature and scope of, other vocational rehabilitation services to be provided. See Tennessee Code 49-11-602
(1) The division of rehabilitation services and the office of director of the vocational rehabilitation program, the incumbent of which is called the director in this section, are established.
(2) The director must be appointed, in accordance with established personnel standards, on the basis of the person‘s training, experience, and demonstrated ability in the field of vocational rehabilitation, or related fields, and is the head of the vocational rehabilitation program.
(b) Except as may be otherwise provided with respect to the blind, the division shall be the sole agency to supervise and administer vocational rehabilitation services authorized by this part under the state plan formulated and administered pursuant to this part, except the part or parts thereof may be administered in a political subdivision or subdivisions of this state by a sole local agency of the subdivision, and the division shall be the sole agency to supervise the local agency or agencies in the administration of such part or parts.
(c)

(1) The director shall prepare, conformable to this part, the proposed regulations and a proposed state plan of vocational rehabilitation and, from time to time, prepare proposed changes that appear to be necessary or desirable.
(2) Upon approval by the department, the proposals constitute the state plan and state regulations.
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