subchapter 63c - BUSINESS ENTERPRISES PROGRAM

section .0100 – business enterprises program

10A ncac 63c .0101      PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS

As used in this Subchapter:

(1)           "Blind person" or "legally blind" means a person who meets the criteria defined in 34 CFR 395.1(c) and G.S. 111-11.

(2)           "Division" or "DSB" means Division of Services for the Blind.

(3)           "Blind licensee" or "licensee" means a blind person licensed by the Division to operate a Business Enterprises facility on federal, State, or other property.

(4)           "Blind operator" or "operator" means a blind licensee who is operating a Business Enterprises facility on federal, State, or other property.

(5)           The "Business Enterprises Program (BEP)" means a program that provides training and the opportunity for blind individuals to achieve self-employment through the operation of vending and food service facilities on federal, State, and other properties.

(6)           "Business Enterprises facility" "or facility" means any vending and food service facility operated by the North Carolina Business Enterprises Program as defined in 34 CFR 395.1.

(7)           "Elected Committee of Blind Vendors (ECBV)" means a committee as defined in 34 CFR 395.14 whose members are elected by the Business Enterprises operators.

(8)           "Active participation" means communications and negotiations between the Elected Committee of Blind Vendors and the Division in matters pertaining to major administrative decisions and policy and program development decisions affecting the overall administration of the Business Enterprises Program prior to implementation.

(9)           "Host facility" means the sponsor or owner of a site upon which a Business Enterprises facility is located.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 111‑27; 143B‑157; 34 C.F.R. 395; 20 U.S.C. Sec. 107;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. November 16, 1977;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2002; February 1, 1986; October 1, 1978;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. November 23, 2015;

Amended Eff.October 1, 2018.