Section 17-661-19 - RCA employment and training exemptions(a) A refugee shall be considered employable unless one of the following exemptions applies: (1) The individual is under age sixteen, or under age eighteen and is a full-time student as specified in chapter 17-656;(2) The individual is age eighteen and is: (A) A full-time student in a secondary school or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training, as specified in chapter 17-656, and is reasonably expected to complete the program before reaching age nineteen; or(B) Enrolled full-time in training as part of an employability plan approved by the service agency approved by the department;(3) A person is ill, incapacitated, or over age sixty-five. The incapacity shall be verified through a written medical, psychological, or psychiatric report showing the limitations and the estimated period of incapacity;(4) A person whose presence in the home is required because of illness or incapacity of another member of the household;(5) A mother or other caretaker of a child under the age of six who is caring for the child; or(6) A mother or other caretaker of a child, when the nonexempt father or other nonexempt adult relative in the house is registered and has not refused to accept employment without good cause.(b) A refugee shall not be exempt from accepting employment because of part-time participation in training under an approved employability plan by the service agency approved by the department.(c) Inability to communicate in English shall not make the refugee unemployable.[Eff 03/19/93] (Auth: HRS §§ 346-14, 346-56) (Imp: HRS § 346-56, 45 C.F.R. §400.76 )