§18-10A-2 Division of rehabilitation services.
§18-10A-2. Division of rehabilitation services.
The division of rehabilitation services is hereby transferred to the department of education and the arts created in article one, chapter five-f of this code. The secretary shall appoint any such board, commission or council over the division to the extent required by federal law to qualify for federal funds for providing rehabilitation services for disabled persons. The secretary and such boards, commissions or councils as he or she is required by federal law to appoint are authorized and directed to cooperate with the federal government to the fullest extent in an effort to provide rehabilitation services for disabled persons.
References in this article or article ten-b of this chapter to the state board of vocational education, the state board of rehabilitation or the state board as the governing board of vocational or other rehabilitation services or facilities means the secretary of education and the arts. All references in the code to the division of vocational rehabilitation means the division of rehabilitation services and all references to the director of the division of vocational rehabilitation means the director of the division of rehabilitation services.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, the division of rehabilitation services shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand four.