TITLE 89: SOCIAL SERVICES
CHAPTER IV: DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER b: VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
PART 553 ASSESSMENT FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY AND REHABILITATION NEEDS
SECTION 553.25 DISABILITY DOCUMENTATION


 

Section 553.25  Disability Documentation

 

Acceptable information for the purpose of documenting disability shall be one of the following:

 

a)         existing available medical records;

 

b)         existing available acceptable psychological or psychiatric records;

 

c)         verification of receipt of Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Income awarded on the basis of disability;

 

d)         verification that the individual is receiving, or has within the last year received, services through a special education program;

 

e)         any other verification that the individual has been determined by another educational or governmental agency to be an individual with a disability;

 

f)         records provided by the individual or the individual's family or guardian; or

 

g)         a case note entry reflecting the counselor's professional knowledge of the customer's disability.

 

Additional information may be obtained at anytime the counselor deems it necessary to determine disability.

 

(Source:  Added at 25 Ill. Reg. 11842, effective August 31, 2001)