10A ncac 63F .0108       READER SERVICES

(a)  Reader service may be provided in order to assist a consumer in completing an assessment or as part of the services required under a consumer's Individualized Plan for Employment in order to achieve the stated employment outcome.

(b)  When reader service is provided, the consumer shall employ and manage the reader and shall report to the Division any and all information necessary for the Division to reimburse the reader for services rendered as submitted by the consumer.

(c)  Reader services shall be provided at a hiring rate not to exceed the State minimum wage or the university or college work-study rate, whichever is higher. 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 111‑28; 34 C.F.R. 361.48(k);

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. November 16, 1977;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2002; February 1, 1982;

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