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Chapter 1. Rehabilitation Services Bureau
12-12-1-1. Establishment - Sec. 1. The rehabilitation services bureau is established within the...
12-12-1-2. Organization of Bureau - Sec. 2. The director shall organize the bureau in the...
12-12-1-3. Mandatory Duties of Bureau - Sec. 3. The bureau shall do the following: (1) Plan,...
12-12-1-4. Repealed - [Pre-1992 Revision Citations: subdivision (1) formerly 4-28-10-13; subdivision (2) formerly...
12-12-1-4.1. Additional Duties of Bureau - Sec. 4.1. (a) The bureau may do the following: (1)...
12-12-1-5. Employment of Blind, Visually Impaired, and Persons With Disabilities; Assessment of Rehabilitation Services; Provision of Rehabilitation Services to Deferred Individuals - Sec. 5. (a) The bureau shall provide job placement services,...
12-12-1-6. Bureau Determination of Whether Applicant for State Civil Service Is an Individual With a Disability - Sec. 6. The bureau shall, upon request of an applicant...
12-12-1-7. Research and Demonstration Projects - Sec. 7. The bureau may conduct research and demonstration projects,...
12-12-1-8. Receipt of Property; Conveyance and Use of Gifts and Bequests - Sec. 8. (a) The bureau may receive property from any...
12-12-1-9. Rehabilitation Services Fund - Sec. 9. (a) The rehabilitation services fund is established. (b)...
12-12-1-10. State and Federal Higher Education Awards; Direct Payment to Approved Institution; Award Not Considered Income - Sec. 10. If an individual receives a state or federal...
Chapter 2. Commission on Rehabilitation Services
12-12-2-1. "Commission" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to...
12-12-2-2. Establishment - Sec. 2. The commission on rehabilitation services is established. [Pre-1992...
12-12-2-3. Membership - Sec. 3. (a) The commission consists of at least nineteen...
12-12-2-4. Members; Terms of Office - Sec. 4. (a) A member of the commission serves a...
12-12-2-5. Members; Vacancies - Sec. 5. The governor shall fill a vacancy on the...
12-12-2-6. Election of Officers - Sec. 6. The commission shall elect the necessary officers from...
12-12-2-7. Powers and Duties - Sec. 7. The commission shall do the following: (1) Advise...
12-12-2-8. Meetings - Sec. 8. (a) The commission shall meet at least four...
12-12-2-9. Members; per Diem; Travel Expenses - Sec. 9. A member of the commission is entitled to...
12-12-2-10. Advisory Committees; per Diem and Expenses of Committee Members - Sec. 10. (a) The commission may appoint advisory committees necessary...
12-12-2-11. Staff and Personnel - Sec. 11. The commission, in conjunction with the division of...
Chapter 3. Rehabilitation Center
12-12-3-1. Establishing or Contracting for Establishment of Center - Sec. 1. The bureau shall: (1) establish, equip, and operate;...
12-12-3-2. Services and Programs Provided - Sec. 2. The rehabilitation center may provide services and programs,...
12-12-3-3. Vocational Skills Training for Blind and Visually Impaired; Sheltered Work Placement - Sec. 3. The rehabilitation center may provide vocational skills training...
Chapter 4. Repealed - [Pre-1992 Revision Citations: Repealed by P.L.49-1997, SEC.86.
Chapter 5. Blind Vending Services
12-12-5-1. Vending Opportunities Within Exclusive Right of Bureau; Purpose - Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 3 of this...
12-12-5-2. Articles to Be Sold; Location and Type of Vending Facility - Sec. 2. (a) Vending facilities shall be established for the...
12-12-5-3. Relinquishment of Exclusive Right; Conditions - Sec. 3. The bureau shall relinquish the bureau's exclusive right...
12-12-5-4. Vending Services Contracts Entered Into Following Relinquishment by Bureau of Exclusive Right - Sec. 4. If the bureau relinquishes the bureau's exclusive right...
12-12-5-5. Vending Services Contracts Entered Into Following Relinquishment of Exclusive Right; Notice to Bureau - Sec. 5. The custodial authority of a building shall notify...
12-12-5-6. Placement at New Vending Facility; Operator Already Operating Another Facility - Sec. 6. In placing blind vendors at vending facilities under...
12-12-5-7. Duty of Bureau to Seek Out Vending Opportunities - Sec. 7. The bureau shall seek out vending opportunities for...
12-12-5-8. Issuance of Licenses; Vending Facilities in Privately Owned Buildings and Buildings Owned or Leased by the Federal Government - Sec. 8. The division may do the following: (1) Issue...
12-12-5-9. Training of Vending Facility Operators; Use of State, Local, and Federal Money - Sec. 9. Training of vending facility operators under this chapter...
12-12-5-10. Annual Report - Sec. 10. (a) Before December 1 of each year, the...
Chapter 6. Rehabilitation Engineering
12-12-6-1. "Rehabilitation Technology" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "rehabilitation technology" means...
12-12-6-2. Establishment of Program; Purposes - Sec. 2. The bureau shall establish a rehabilitation technology program...
12-12-6-3. Program Contents - Sec. 3. The rehabilitation technology program may include the following:...
12-12-6-4. Contracts for Establishment of Program - Sec. 4. The bureau may contract with outside agencies to...
Chapter 7. Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
12-12-7-1. Unit Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "unit" refers to...
12-12-7-2. Services to Be Provided by Unit - Sec. 2. The unit shall do the following: (1) Refer...
12-12-7-3. Telecommunications Device for the Deaf; Development and Implementation - Sec. 3. The unit may develop and implement a telecommunications...
12-12-7-4. Contracts for the Provision of Services - Sec. 4. The division may contract for the services required...
12-12-7-5. Board of Interpreter Standards - Sec. 5. (a) As used in this section, "board" refers...
Chapter 8. Centers for Independent Living
12-12-8-1. "Center for Independent Living" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "center for independent...
12-12-8-1.5. "Commissioner" Defined - Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "commissioner" means the...
12-12-8-2. "Consumer Control" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "consumer control" means,...
12-12-8-2.5. "Council" Defined - Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "council" means the...
12-12-8-3. "Cross-Disability" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "cross-disability" means, with...
12-12-8-3.2. "Federal Act" Defined - Sec. 3.2. As used in this chapter, "federal act" refers...
12-12-8-3.4. "Individual With a Disability" Defined - Sec. 3.4. As used in this chapter, "individual with a...
12-12-8-3.6. "Individual With a Significant Disability" Defined - Sec. 3.6. As used in this chapter, "individual with a...
12-12-8-3.8. "State Plan" Defined - Sec. 3.8. As used in this chapter, "state plan" means...
12-12-8-4. Provisions Void That Violate Federal Law; Eligibility for Funding - Sec. 4. (a) Any provision of this chapter that violates...
12-12-8-5. Designation of Division as Responsible State Unit - Sec. 5. The division is designated as the state unit...
12-12-8-6. Establishment of Statewide Independent Living Council; Membership; Requirements - Sec. 6. (a) There is established a statewide independent living...
12-12-8-7. Salary per Diem - Sec. 7. (a) Each member of the council who is...
12-12-8-8. Terms of Council Members; Limitation - Sec. 8. (a) A member appointed to the council by...
12-12-8-9. Appointment to Fill Vacancy on Council - Sec. 9. If a vacancy occurs among the voting members...
12-12-8-10. Powers and Duties of Council; Public Access to Meetings - Sec. 10. (a) The council has the powers and duties...
12-12-8-11. Preparation and Submission of State Plan - Sec. 11. The division shall prepare the state plan that...
12-12-8-12. Awarding of Grants to Eligible Centers - Sec. 12. The division may award grants to any eligible...
12-12-8-13. Appointment of Peer Review Committee - Sec. 13. The council and the division shall jointly appoint...
12-12-8-14. Eligibility of Centers to Receive Funds - Sec. 14. A center for independent living is eligible to...
12-12-8-15. Compliance With State Plan and Federal Law - Sec. 15. A center for independent living that receives money...
12-12-8-16. Conditions for Division to Award Grant for New Center; Criteria for Ranking Eligible Agencies - Sec. 16. (a) If: (1) there is no center for...
12-12-8-17. Division Review of Centers - Sec. 17. (a) The division shall periodically review each new...
Chapter 9. Reporting of Blind or Visually Impaired Persons
12-12-9-1. Reporting of Blind or Visually Impaired Persons by Physicians or Optometrists - Sec. 1. Each: (1) physician holding an unlimited license to...
12-12-9-2. Report Distribution - Sec. 2. The office of the secretary shall, on the...
12-12-9-3. Report Confidentiality - Sec. 3. All reports filed under this chapter shall be...
12-12-9-4. Information Provided to Individuals Designated in Reports - Sec. 4. (a) On receiving a report under this chapter,...
12-12-9-5. Referrals - Sec. 5. This chapter does not prohibit a physician or...
12-12-9-6. Educational Materials - Sec. 6. The office of the secretary shall prepare and...
12-12-9-7. Failure to Make a Report of Blindness - Sec. 7. A person required to make a report of...