§ 1002. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Handicapped person" means any person who in the judgment of the\ndepartment is under a physical or mental disability which constitutes a\nsubstantial handicap to employment but which is of such a nature that\nvocational rehabilitation services may reasonably be expected to render\nhim fit to engage in gainful employment, and also any person under a\nphysical or mental disability which constitutes a substantial handicap\nto employment and for whom vocational rehabilitation services are\nnecessary to ascertain his rehabilitation potential.\n 2. "Person who is under a physical or mental disability" means an\nindividual who has a physical or mental condition which in the judgment\nof the department limits, contributes to limiting, or, if not corrected,\nwill result in limiting his activities or functioning.\n 3. "Substantial handicap to employment" means that a physical or\nmental disability (in the light of attendant medical, psychological,\nvocational, educational, cultural, social or environmental factors)\nimpedes an individual's occupational performance, by preventing his\nobtaining, retaining, or preparing for a gainful occupation consistent\nwith his capacities and abilities.\n 4. "Gainful occupation" includes any employment for which a\ncompensation is paid either in goods and/or in services; practice of a\nprofession; self-employment; homemaking, farm or family work (including\nwork for which payment is in kind rather than in cash); sheltered\nemployment; and home industries or other gainful homebound work.\n 5. "Vocational rehabilitation services" means:\n a. Any goods and services necessary to render a handicapped person fit\nto engage in a gainful occupation and includes:\n (1.) Evaluation, including diagnostic and related services;\n (2.) Counseling and Guidance;\n (3.) Training;\n (4.) Placement;\n (5.) Reader service where necessary for individuals who are visually\nhandicapped and interpreter services in the case of individuals who are\ndeaf;\n (6.) Attendants and amanuenses where required;\n (7.) Occupational and business licenses;\n (8.) Books, training supplies and fees;\n (9.) Transportation;\n (10.) Physical restoration services;\n (11.) Maintenance payments to cover the handicapped person's expenses\nessential to achievement of his vocational rehabilitation objective;\n (12.) Tools, equipment, initial stocks and supplies;\n (13.) Training allowances which may be paid to individuals receiving\ntraining and related services in public and other non-profit workshops\nand rehabilitation facilities to the extent that funds may be made\navailable for this purpose;\n (14.) Other goods and services, not enumerated in this subdivision,\nnecessary to render a handicapped person fit to engage in a gainful\noccupation.\n b. The establishment of public and other nonprofit rehabilitation\nfacilities for handicapped persons; the establishment of public and\nother nonprofit workshops for the severely handicapped; and the staffing\nof public and other nonprofit workshops for the severely handicapped so\nthat workshops may be established, extended, improved or continued.\n 6. "Physical restoration services" mean those medical and medically\nrelated services which are necessary to correct or substantially modify\nwithin a reasonable period of time a physical or mental condition which\nis stable or slowly progressive and which constitutes a substantial\nhandicap to employment, and includes (but is not limited to):\n a. corrective surgery or therapeutic treatment;\n b. necessary hospitalization in connection with surgery or treatment\nspecified in (a);\n c. prosthetic devices essential to obtaining or retaining employment;\nand\n d. other necessary medical or medically related services.\n 7. "Rehabilitation facility" means a facility, operated for the\nprincipal purpose of assisting in the rehabilitation of handicapped\npersons and\n a. provides one or
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