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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wyoming Statutes Title 9. Administration of the Government § 9-2-109. Vocational rehabilitation; definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wy/title-9-administration-of-the-government/wy-st-sect-9-2-109/
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