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55 Pa. Code § 2450.84. Aids and appliances purchased for the client.

§ 2450.84. Aids and appliances purchased for the client.

 (a)  The rehabilitation teacher shall determine which aids and appliances are necessary for provision of rehabilitation teaching services to individual clients.

 (b)  The rehabilitation teacher is responsible for evaluating the client’s need and capacity to benefit from the use of aids, appliances, and other equipment and for advising staff of the office on the purchase of equipment.

 (c)  As necessary, the rehabilitation teacher shall furnish a list of recommended aids and appliances to be purchased for a client under authorization of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program or Social Casework Services Program. Written justification of the need for the individual items, as well as a plan for instruction in their use, shall accompany the recommendation.

 (d)  Aids and appliances recommended by the rehabilitation teacher shall include those items specifically designed to compensate for visual loss and marketed through an agency or organization for the blind. Central office issues a list of approved aids and appliances which may be purchased for individuals as necessary with justification. Rehabilitation teachers recommend additional items which are considered for the list approved by central office. No equipment or special appliances of any type which do not appear on the approved list of items shall be recommended for provision to a client.

 (e)  The rehabilitation teacher is responsible for current information on resources, for the purchase of aids and appliances related to areas of rehabilitation teaching and provides technical consultation to office staff and agency programs outside the office on the value of aids and appliances to individuals.


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