Section 37-33-19 - Duties of Office of Vocational RehabilitationExcept as may be otherwise provided by law for the vocational rehabilitation of the blind, the state board, through the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, shall provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals with disabilities determined by the director to be eligible therefor, and in carrying out the purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation Law, the office is authorized among other things:
(a) To cooperate with other departments, agencies and institutions, both public and private, in providing for the vocational rehabilitation of eligible individuals with disabilities, in studying the problems involved therein, and in establishing, developing and providing, in conformity with the purposes of that law, such programs, facilities and services as may be necessary or desirable;(b) To conduct research and compile statistics relating to the vocational rehabilitation of eligible individuals with disabilities;(c) To prescribe and provide such courses of vocational training as may be necessary for the vocational rehabilitation of eligible individuals with disabilities.Codes, 1942, § 6504.4; Laws, 1948, ch. 289, § 4; Laws, 2002, ch. 463, § 5, eff. 7/1/2002.