[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: 34CFR361.51]

[Page 310]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 361--STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart B--State Plan and Other Requirements for Vocational 
                         Rehabilitation Services
 
Sec.  361.51  Standards for facilities and providers of services.

    (a) Accessibility of facilities. The State plan must assure that any 
facility used in connection with the delivery of vocational 
rehabilitation services under this part meets program accessibility 
requirements consistent with the requirements, as applicable, of the 
Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990, section 504 of the Act, and the regulations implementing these 
laws.
    (b) Affirmative action. The State plan must assure that community 
rehabilitation programs that receive assistance under part B of Title I 
of the Act take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment 
qualified individuals with disabilities covered under and on the same 
terms and conditions as in section 503 of the Act.
    (c) Special communication needs personnel. The designated State unit 
must ensure that providers of vocational rehabilitation services are 
able to communicate--
    (1) In the native language of applicants and eligible individuals 
who have limited English speaking ability; and
    (2) By using appropriate modes of communication used by applicants 
and eligible individuals.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1820-0500)

(Authority: Sections 12(c) and 101(a)(6)(B) and (C) of the Act; 29 
U.S.C. 709(c) and 721(a)(6)(B) and (C))

[66 FR 4382, Jan. 17, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 7253, Jan. 22, 2001]