1. A. A Community Rehabilitation Program is a program that provides directly or facilitates the provision of one or more of the following vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities to enable those individuals to maximize their opportunities for employment, including career advancement:

   1. 1. medical, psychiatric, psychological, social, and vocational services that are provided under one management;
   2. 2. testing, fitting, or training in the use of prosthetic and orthotic devices;
   3. 3. recreational therapy;
   4. 4. physical and occupational therapy;
   5. 5. speech, language, and hearing therapy;
   6. 6. psychiatric, psychological, and social services, including positive behavior management;
   7. 7. assessment for determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation needs;
   8. 8. rehabilitation technology;
   9. 9. job development, placement, and retention services;
   10. 10. evaluation or control of specific disabilities;
   11. 11. orientation and mobility services for individuals who are blind;
   12. 12. extended employment;
   13. 13. psychosocial rehabilitation services;
   14. 14. supported employment services and extended services;
   15. 15. services to family members if necessary to the vocational rehabilitation of the individual;
   16. 16. personal assistance services; and
   17. 17. services similar to the services described in Paragraphs 1-16 of this Subsection.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 49:664.6 and R.S. 36.477.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Social Services, Office of Rehabilitation Services, LR 21:584 (June 1995).