137.1 An informal administrative review meeting is a non-binding and non-adversarial informal dispute resolution process pursuant to 34 C.F.R. § 361.57(c). The informal administrative review meeting process provides an applicant or recipient of vocational rehabilitation or independent living services an opportunity to meet with the State Director of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, or his or her designee, in an effort to expeditiously resolve a complaint he or she may have about any determination concerning the furnishing or denial of vocational rehabilitation or independent living services. The informal administrative review meeting may involve fact gathering, interviews and negotiation. The informal administrative review meeting is optional and voluntary, and will not deny or delay an applicant or consumer from pursuing any other due process remedy guaranteed by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by Title IV of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

137.2 [Repealed].

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 2034 (April 5, 1991); as amended by 54 DCR 6020 (June 22, 2007); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 4612, 4615 (May 28, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 012929 (December 10, 2021).