SECTION .0200 - REGIONAL CENTERS

10A NCAC 17B .0201       FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES

(a)  The purpose of the respective regional centers for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind is to promote the accessibility of community services to deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind persons, to inform deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind persons of their right to services offered locally, to advocate for the rights and needs of deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind persons, and to coordinate interpreter services for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind individuals.

(b)  It is the responsibility of the regional centers for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind to provide services to such persons without regard to age, income, or employability.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143B-216.33(a)(3);

Eff. October 20, 1979;

Amended Eff. May 1, 2007; April 1, 1990;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 20, 2017.