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Statutes > Virginia > Title-54-1 > Chapter-35 > 54-1-3510§ 54.1-3510. Definitions.
As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Certified rehabilitation provider" means a person who is certified by theBoard as possessing the training, the skills and the experience as arehabilitation provider to form an opinion by discerning and evaluating,thereby allowing for a sound and reasonable determination or recommendationas to the appropriate employment for a rehabilitation client and who mayprovide vocational rehabilitation services under subdivision A 3 of §65.2-603 that involve the exercise of professional judgment.
"Professional judgment" includes consideration of the client's level ofdisability, functional limitations and capabilities; consideration of clientaptitudes, career and technical skills and abilities; education andpre-injury employment; and identification of return-to-work options andservice needs which culminate in the determination or recommendation ofappropriate employment for the rehabilitation client.
(1994, c. 558; 1995, c. 343; 1997, c. 839; 2001, c. 483; 2004, c. 10.)
