§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]



 



Cross References



 



  Administration of vocational rehabilitation, see §26-14.



  Personnel, see chapters 76 and 77.



  Rulemaking, see chapter 91.