10A NCAC 89C .0402       VENDOR COMPLIANCE

(a)  The Division shall use only those training vendors, treatment vendors, community rehabilitation program vendors, and room and board vendors who have been approved by the Division and determined to be in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  Vendors may request approval or the Division may request that a vendor or facility consider serving Division clients.  In either case, a staff member of the Division shall conduct an on‑site vendor review to determine that the vendor is in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  In addition, the vendor shall sign an assurance of compliance form indicating that services will be provided in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

(b)  Out‑of‑state vendors may be added to the Division's list of approved vendors upon certification from the respective state's Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services that the vendor is in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

(c)  Vendors who wish to be added to the Division's list of those in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall contact:

Section Chief, Program Policy, Planning, and Evaluation

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services

805 Ruggles Drive

2801 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-2801

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143‑546; 34 C.F.R. 76.500;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Amended Eff. March 1, 2007; July 1, 1990;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 1, 2016.