§348-6 Administrative personnel and administration. (a) The department of human services may adopt and promulgate regulations with respect to methods of administration, use of medical and other records of individuals who have been provided vocational rehabilitation services, and the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards, including provisions relating to the tenure, appointment, and qualification of personnel, which shall govern with respect to such matters notwithstanding any other law.
(b) The department shall adopt and promulgate regulations respecting[:]
(1) The establishment and maintenance of minimum standards governing the facilities and personnel utilized in the provision of vocational rehabilitation services; and
(2) The order to be followed in selecting those to whom vocational rehabilitation services are to be provided in situations where such services cannot be provided all eligible handicapped people.
(c) The department may also promulgate regulations with regard to the use of professional personnel of the department in cooperation with the federal government for the purpose of surveying needs and implementing rehabilitation services in any of the federal government's political subdivisions or trust territories, when such actions or services involve no cost to the State. [L 1955, c 231, pt of §2; RL 1955, §42-35; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §18; HRS §348-6; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1979, c 188, §1(5); am L 1987, c 339, §4]
Revision Note
In subsection (b), (1) and (2) reformatted as paragraphs (1) and (2), and in paragraph (1), ending punctuation changed pursuant to §23G-15.
Cross References
Administration of vocational rehabilitation, see §26-14.
Personnel, see chapter 76.
Rulemaking, see chapter 91.
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