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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-4-604

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
  • Director: means the director of the division of services for the blind. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
  • Division: means the division of services for the blind in the department of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
  • 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 an individual's ability to:
    (A) Engage in a remunerative occupation. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
  • Vocational rehabilitation services: means :
    (A) Diagnostic and related services, including transportation, incidental to the determination of whether an individual is a blind individual with employment barriers, and if so, the individual's eligibility for, and the nature and scope of other vocational rehabilitation services to be provided. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
(1) The division of vocational rehabilitation of the blind, called “the division” in this part, and the office of director of rehabilitation of the blind, the incumbent of which is called the “director,” in this part are hereby established in the department of human services.
(2) The director shall be appointed, in accordance with established personnel standards, on the basis of training, experience and demonstrated ability in the field of vocational rehabilitation, or related fields, with the approval of the commissioner, and shall be the head of the division.
(b) Except as may be otherwise provided with respect to the blind, the division shall be the sole state agency to supervise and administer vocational rehabilitation services authorized by this part, under the state plan formulated and administered pursuant to this part, except such part or parts of the vocational rehabilitation services as may be administered in a political subdivision or subdivision of this state by a sole local agency of the subdivision, and the division shall be the sole agency to supervise such local agency or agencies in the administration of such part or parts of the vocational rehabilitation services.
(c) 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 such proposed changes as shall appear to be necessary or desirable. Upon approval of the proposed regulations and proposed state plan by the commissioner, such approved proposals shall constitute the state regulations and state plan.
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