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71-4-401 - Program established Purpose.

71-4-401. Program established Purpose.

(a)  The vocational rehabilitation service of the department of human services is authorized to establish and supervise a business enterprise program for the blind.

(b)  The purpose of this program shall be to promote the vocational rehabilitation of blind individuals and to assist them in becoming self-supporting.

[Acts 1949, ch. 99, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 4765.92 (Williams, § 4765.78a); impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 1 (a, b); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-619, 14-14-301; Acts 1994, ch. 723, § 1.]