[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR361.51]



[Page 289]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND 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]