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Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-11-603

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) The division of rehabilitation services and the office of director of the vocational rehabilitation program, the incumbent of which is called the director in this section, are established.

(2) The director must be appointed, in accordance with established personnel standards, on the basis of the person's training, experience, and demonstrated ability in the field of vocational rehabilitation, or related fields, and is the head of the vocational rehabilitation program.

(b) Except as may be otherwise provided with respect to the blind, the division shall be the sole agency to supervise and administer vocational rehabilitation services authorized by this part under the state plan formulated and administered pursuant to this part, except the part or parts thereof may be administered in a political subdivision or subdivisions of this state by a sole local agency of the subdivision, and the division shall be the sole agency to supervise the local agency or agencies in the administration of such part or parts.

(c)(1) The director shall prepare, conformable to this part, the proposed regulations and a proposed state plan of vocational rehabilitation and, from time to time, prepare proposed changes that appear to be necessary or desirable.

(2) Upon approval by the department, the proposals constitute the state plan and state regulations.

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