[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR525.4]

[Page 138]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 525_EMPLOYMENT OF WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES UNDER SPECIAL 
CERTIFICATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 525.4  Patient workers.

    With respect to patient workers, as defined in Sec. 525.3(e), a 
major factor in determining if an employment relationship exists is 
whether the work performed is of any consequential economic benefit to 
the institution. Generally, work shall be considered to be of 
consequential economic benefit if it is of the type that workers without 
disabilities normally perform, in whole or in part in the institution or 
elsewhere. However, a patient does not become an employee if he or she 
merely performs personal housekeeping chores, such as maintaining his or 
her own quarters, or receives a token remuneration in connection with 
such services. It may also be possible for patients in family-like 
settings such as group homes to rotate or share household tasks or 
chores without becoming employees.