RSB requires providers from which RSB purchases vocational rehabilitation services to meet the standards stated in this section of this rule. 361.51(a-c)
(A) Rehabilitation Facilities A rehabilitation facility is a facility that is operated for the purpose of providing vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals and applicants. A rehabilitation facility must have the capability to provide, singly or in combinations, one (1) or more of the following vocational rehabilitation services:
1. Vocational rehabilitation services, including under one management, medical, psychiatric, psychological, social and vocational services;
2. Testing, fitting, or training in the use of prosthetic or orthotic devices;
3. Prevocational conditioning or recreational therapy;
4. Physical and occupational therapy;
5. Speech and hearing therapy;
6. Psychiatric, psychological and social services;
7. Evaluation of rehabilitation potential;
8. Personal and work adjustment;
9. Vocational training with a view toward career advancement, which is provided in combination with other rehabilitation services;
10. Evaluation or control of specific disabilities;
11. Orientation and mobility services and other adjustment services to blind individuals;
12. Transitional or extended employment for those individuals with disabilities who cannot be absorbed readily into the competitive labor market;
13. Psychosocial rehabilitation services for eligible individuals and applicants with chronic mental illness; and
14. Rehabilitation engineering services.
(B) Rehabilitation Facility Accreditation A rehabilitation facility must comply with the rehabilitation facility standards specified by RSB. These standards include (but are not limited to), those of the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and the Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH).
(C) Academic or Vocational Training Accreditation An agency or institution that provides academic or vocational training services must be accredited or licensed by the accrediting or licensing agency that is appropriate to the training curriculum that the agency or institution provides.
(D) Physical or Mental Restoration Provider Accreditation A physician or any other health care provider must be certified or accredited to perform the specific service that the applicant or eligible individual requires and must be licensed to perform the service in the state in which the service is performed.
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