§ 9-2-109 — Vocational rehabilitation; definitions

Wyoming § 9-2-109

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 09: Administration of the Government
• Ch. 2: AGENCIES, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND DEPARTMENTS
• Art. 1: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

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(a) As used in W.S. 9-2-109 through 9-2-115:
(i) "Division" means the staff within the department
of workforce services who administer vocational rehabilitation
programs and provide vocational rehabilitation services;
(ii) "Eligible" means a certification that:
(A) The individual has a physical or mental
impairment which constitutes or results in a substantial
impediment to employment of the individual;
(B) Vocational rehabilitation services may
reasonably be expected to benefit the individual in terms of an
employment outcome; and
(C) The individual requires vocational
rehabilitation services to prepare for, secure, retain or regain
employment.
(iii) "Individual with a significant disability"
means an individual:
(A) Who has a severe physical or mental
disability which seriously limits one (1) or more functional
capacities in terms of an employment outcome;
(B) Whose vocational rehabilitation can be
expected to require multiple vocational rehabilitation services
over an extended period of time; and
(C) Who has one (1) or more physical or mental
disabilities resulting from amputation, arthritis, autism,
blindness, burn injury, cancer, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis,
deafness, head injury, heart disease, hemiplegia, hemophilia,
respiratory or pulmonary dysfunction, intellectual disability,
mental illness, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy,
musculoskeletal disorders, neurological disorders (including
stroke and epilepsy), paraplegia, quadriplegia and other spinal
cord conditions, sickle cell anemia, specific learning
disability, end stage renal disease or another disability or
combination of disabilities determined on the basis of an
assessment for determining eligibility and vocational
rehabilitation needs to cause comparable substantial functional
limitation.
(iv) "This act" means W.S. 9-2-109 through 9-2-115.