[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR359.11]

[Page 259-260]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 359--DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH: SPECIAL PROJECTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS FOR SPINAL CORD INJURIES--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B--What Kinds of Activities Does the Secretary Assist Under This 
                                Program?
 
Sec.  359.11  What activities must each recipient carry out under this program?

    Each recipient, whether administering a project separately under 
this part or in coordination with other activities supported under title 
II of the Act, shall--
    (a) Establish a multidisciplinary system of providing rehabilitation 
services specifically designed to meet the special needs of individuals 
with spinal cord injuries, including emergency medical services, acute 
care, vocational and other rehabilitation services, community and job 
placement,

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and long-term community follow up and health maintenance. The system 
must be established on an appropriate geographical basis that reflects 
patterns of patient flow, and must be administered in close coordination 
with similar programs of the Veterans Administration, the National 
Institutes of Health, and other public and private agencies and 
institutions where appropriate;
    (b) Demonstrate and evaluate both the service and cost benefits of a 
regional service system to those individuals with spinal cord injuries 
who might be served within that system;
    (c) Establish within the system a rehabilitation research 
environment for the achievement of new knowledge leading to the 
reduction and treatment of complications arising from spinal cord injury 
and the development of new techniques of medical management and 
rehabilitation;
    (d) Demonstrate and evaluate the development and application of 
improved methods and equipment essential to the care, management, and 
rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injury;
    (e) Demonstrate methods of community outreach and education for 
individuals with spinal cord injury in areas such as housing, 
transportation, recreation, employment, and other community activities; 
and
    (f) Address the needs of individuals with spinal cord injuries from 
minority backgrounds;
    (g) Participate as directed by the Secretary in national studies of 
the benefits of a spinal cord injury service system by contributing to a 
national database and by other means as required by the Secretary.

(Authority: Secs. 21(b)(6) and 204(b)(4); 29 U.S.C. 718b and 762(b)(4))

[50 FR 16676, Apr. 26, 1985, as amended at 58 FR 49420, Sept. 22, 1993]