California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 1 - Orientation Centers

• Section 19500.
  The department may establish orientation centers for the blind in such locations as may be deemed necessary to provide on a statewide basis the services...
• Section 19501.
  Each orientation center established under Sections 19500 to 19506, inclusive, shall be residential in character. Blind persons shall be admitted as residents and trainees in...
• Section 19502.
  Orientation centers shall provide for short periods of intensive personal and prevocational orientation for blind persons, and for specific vocational training. The program of orientation...
• Section 19503.
  The Director of Rehabilitation shall appoint an administrator for each orientation center for the blind who shall administer and supervise the program at the center...
• Section 19504.
  The staff of an orientation center shall be composed of persons trained to assist blind persons in achieving social and economic independence, and whose qualifications...
• Section 19505.
  Each orientation center shall be operated as a unit separate and apart from any state-operated rehabilitation facility. The program of each orientation center shall be...
• Section 19506.
  The department may:(a) Make rules for the government and direction of orientation centers established under this article, and may prescribe conditions for the admission and discharge...
• Section 19507.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the department, in accordance with Section 19007, is the authorized recipient of gifts, bequests, and donations made to the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018