Section DWD 65.03 - Definitions In this chapter:
(3) "Category" means the classification assigned to eligible individuals based on an assessment in each of the seven functional areas if an order of selection is imposed. Eligible individuals are assessed according to the significance of their disability as defined in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 USC 701.(5m) "Consumer" means an individual determined by the department as eligible for vocational rehabilitation services.(6) "Department" means the Wisconsin department of workforce development.(9) "Employment outcome" means entering or retaining full or part-time competitive employment in the integrated labor market consistent with the definition in 29 USC 705(11).(12) "Individual with a significant disability" means a consumer with a severe physical or mental impairment which seriously limits one or more functional capacities who will need multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended period of time as prescribed under 29 USC 705(21).(12m) "IPE" means an individualized plan for employment.(17) "Order of selection" means the establishment of a waiting list to determine which consumers will receive vocational rehabilitation services when resources are not available to all eligible individuals.(18) "Primary services" means evaluation, counseling and guidance, physical or mental restoration, training, and placement services which are necessary to reach an IPE goal. "Primary services" does not include support services such as maintenance, transportation, personal assistance services or services to family members which are provided only to allow an individual to participate in one or more approved primary services.(18m) "Student with a disability" means an individual with a disability in a secondary, postsecondary, or other recognized education program, who is not younger than 14 years of age and not older than 21 years of age, who is eligible for, or who is receiving, pre-employment transition services.(25) "Vocational rehabilitation counselor" means a department employee who determines an individual's eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services, and approves a consumer's IPE.(25m) "Wisconsin Rehabilitation Council" means a council composed of members who review, analyze, and advise the division regarding the performance of its responsibilities in providing quality services to people with disabilities as prescribed under 34 CFR 361.16.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Workforce Development § DWD 65.03
Cr. Register, October, 1994, No. 466, 12-1-94.Amended by, CR 18-013: r. (1), (2), r. and recr. (3), r. (4), (5), cr. (5m), r. (7), (8), am. (9), (10), r. (11), am. (12), cr. (12m), r. (13) to (15), am. (16), r. and recr. (17), am. (18), cr. (18m), r. (19) to (24), am. (25), cr. (25m), r. (26), (27) Register July 2018 No. 751, eff. 8/1/2018Amended by, CR 22-008: am. (5m), r. (10), (16) Register June 2022 No. 798, eff. 7/1/2022