department.
The department is responsible for vocational rehabilitation. The division executive director
must be appointed in accordance with established personnel standards and on the basis of the
person's education, training, experience, and demonstrated ability. In carrying out the division
executive director's duties under this chapter, the division executive director, with the approval
of the department:
1.Shall make regulations governing personnel standards, the protection of records and
confidential information, the manner and form of filing applications, eligibility and
investigation and determination thereof for vocational rehabilitation services,
procedures for fair hearings, and such other regulations as the division executive
director finds necessary to carry out the purposes
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department.
The department is responsible for vocational rehabilitation. The division executive director
must be appointed in accordance with established personnel standards and on the basis of the
person's education, training, experience, and demonstrated ability. In carrying out the division
executive director's duties under this chapter, the division executive director, with the approval
of the department:
1. Shall make regulations governing personnel standards, the protection of records and
confidential information, the manner and form of filing applications, eligibility and
investigation and determination thereof for vocational rehabilitation services,
procedures for fair hearings, and such other regulations as the division executive
director finds necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter relating to vocational
rehabilitation.
2. Shall establish, with the approval of the department, appropriate subordinate
administrative units within the division.
3. Shall appoint, with the approval of the department, such personnel as the division
executive director deems necessary for the efficient performance of the functions of
the division.
4. Shall prepare and submit to the department annual reports of activities and
expenditures and, prior to each regular session of the legislative assembly, estimates
of sums required for carrying out the provisions of this chapter relating to vocational
rehabilitation, and estimates of the amounts to be made available for this purpose from
all sources.
5. Shall make certification for disbursement, in accordance with regulations, of funds
available for vocational rehabilitation purposes.
6. Shall take, with the approval of the department, such other action as the division
executive director deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this
chapter relating to vocational rehabilitation.
7. May delegate, with the approval of the department, to any officer or employee of the
division such of the division executive director's powers and duties, except the making
of regulations and the appointment of personnel, as the division executive director
finds necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter relating to vocational
rehabilitation.
8. Shall appoint such advisory bodies with emphasis on consumer participation as
deemed necessary for compliance with any federal act pertaining to vocational
rehabilitation or for the proper and efficient carrying out of the duties of the division.