The Program may not suspend, reduce, or terminate vocational rehabilitation services being provided to a client, including evaluation and assessment services and IPE development, pending a resolution through mediation, pending a decision by the IHO or Reviewing Official, or pending informal dispute resolution, unless:
(1) The client or client's representative requests suspension, reduction, or termination of services pending the outcome of dispute resolution process; or(2) The Program has evidence that the services have been obtained through misrepresentation, fraud, collusion or criminal conduct on the part of the client or the client's representative.Or. Admin. Code § 582-020-0040
VRD 4-1997, f. & cert. ef. 11-20-97; VRS 1-2004, f. & cert. ef. 1-30-04; VRS 3-2020, amend filed 02/21/2020, effective 3/6/2020; VRS 1-2023, amend filed 03/31/2023, effective 4/14/2023Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 344.530 & 344.590
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 344.530 & ORS 344.540 & 344.590