2016 Utah Code
Title 35A - Utah Workforce Services Code
Chapter 13 - Utah State Office of Rehabilitation Act
Part 1 - General Provisions
Section 103 - Office authority.

Effective 10/1/2016
35A-13-103. Office authority.

• (1) The Utah State Office of Rehabilitation created in Section 35A-1-202 is under the direction of the department and under the direction and general supervision of the executive director.

• (2) The department is the sole state agency designated to administer the state plans for vocational rehabilitation and independent living rehabilitation programs.

• (3) The office is the sole state unit designated to carry out the state plans and other duties assigned by law or the department, including the following:
  • (a) determining eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services;
  • (b) providing vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals;
  • (c) determining the types and scope of vocational rehabilitation services provided by the office;
  • (d) determining employment outcomes related to vocational rehabilitation services if required; and
  • (e) determining the appropriate uses of federal rehabilitation funding.

• (4) The office may not delegate the duties described in Subsection (3) to any other state government entity.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 271, 2016 General Session