West Virginia Code 18-10A-8 – Eligibility for vocational rehabilitation
Vocational rehabilitation services shall be provided to any disabled individual who is present in the state at the time of filing his application therefor, if the director after full investigation shall determine that his rehabilitation can be satisfactorily achieved. Such services shall also be provided to any person who is eligible therefor under the terms of an agreement with another state or with the federal government.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 18-10A-8
- board: means a county board of education. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
- Director: means the director of the division of vocational rehabilitation. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
- Disabled individual: means any person who has a substantial employment handicap. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
- Maintenance: means money payments not exceeding the estimated cost of subsistence during vocational rehabilitation. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
- Occupational licenses: means any license, permit or other written authority required by any governmental unit to be obtained in order to engage in an occupation. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
- Physical restoration: means any medical, surgical, or therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially reduce a disabled individual&rsquo. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- vocational rehabilitation services: means any services, provided directly or through public or private instrumentalities, found by the director to be necessary to compensate a disabled individual for his or her employment handicap and to enable him or her to engage in a remunerative occupation including, but not limited to, medical and vocational diagnosis, vocational guidance, counseling and placement, rehabilitation training, attendant care services, physical restoration, transportation, occupational licenses, occupational tools and equipment, including motor vehicles, maintenance, and training books and materials. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
Except as otherwise provided by law or as specified in an agreement with the federal government with respect to classes of individuals certified to the state board thereunder, the following rehabilitation services shall be provided at public cost only to disabled individuals found to require financial assistance with respect thereto:
(1) Physical restoration.
(2) Transportation, for any other purpose than that of determining the eligibility of the individual for vocational rehabilitation services and the nature and extent of the services necessary.
(3) Occupational licenses.
(4) Occupational tools, equipment, initial stocks and supplies, books and training material; the title to any or all of which may be conveyed to the individual.
(5) Maintenance.
The rights of a disabled individual under the provisions of this article shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity.