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SC Code § 43-31-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 31 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Section 43-31-90. . Administration of chapter.

 This chapter shall be administered under the general supervision and direction of the agency by the commissioner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-279; 1957 (50) 114; 1971 (57) 752.
SC Code § 43-31-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 31 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Section 43-31-100. . Persons eligible for services; plan effective throughout State.

 Pursuant to the policy declared in Section 43-31-20, the vocational rehabilitation services shall be provided under this chapter to persons throughout the State, and the vocational rehabilitation plan adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be in effect in all political subdivisions of the State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-280; 1957 (50) 114.
SC Code § 43-31-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 31 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Section 43-31-110. . Services shall be available to disabled civil employees of United States.

 Rehabilitation services provided under the State plan shall be available to any civil employee of the United States disabled while in the performance of his duty, on the same terms and conditions as apply to other persons.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-281; 1957 (50) 114.
SC Code § 43-31-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 31 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Section 43-31-120. . Vocational rehabilitation fund.

 There is created a special fund, to be known as the vocational rehabilitation fund. The fund shall consist of all monies appropriated by this State and all monies received from the United States or any other source for such purpose, as provided by this chapter. All monies in this fund shall be deposited, administered, and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as provided by law for other public funds in the State Treasury. All monies in this fund are appropriated and made available to the agency, and shall be expended solely for the purposes of this chapter. Any balances in the fund shall not lapse at any time but shall be continuously available to the agency for expenditure consistent with this chapter. The agency, acting through the commissioner, shall issue its requisition for payment of all costs of administering this chapter to the Comptroller General, who shall draw his warrant in the usual form provided by law on the State Treasurer, who shall pay it by check on the vocational rehabilitation fund.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-282; 1957 (50) 114; 1971 (57) 752.
SC Code § 43-31-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 31 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Section 43-31-130. . Acceptance and use of gifts, Federal grants and other funds.

 (1) The commissioner may, with the approval of the agency, accept and use gifts made unconditionally by will or otherwise for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Gifts made under such conditions as in the judgment of the agency are proper and consistent with the provisions of this chapter may be so accepted and shall be held, invested, reinvested, and used in accordance with the condition of the gift.  (2) The acceptance of Federal funds and other funds, and their use for vocational rehabilitation, subject to such restrictions as may be imposed by the donor and not inconsistent with this chapter, is hereby authorized.  (3) Federal grants and donations for vocational rehabilitation services, unless otherwise restricted, shall be available for all vocational rehabilitation services provided under the State plan, and also for the purpose, whenever Federal funds are made available to the State under Section 3 of the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1954, for the extension and improvement of vocational rehabilitation services, or under Section 4 of such act for projects for research, demonstrations, training and traineeships, and for the planning for and initiating expansion of vocational rehabilitation services under the State plan.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-283; 1957 (50) 114; 1971 (57) 752.
SC Code § 43-31-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 31 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Section 43-31-140. . Appropriations.

 The General Assembly shall appropriate for vocational rehabilitation such sums as are necessary, along with available Federal and other funds, to carry out the purposes of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-284; 1957 (50) 114.
SC Code § 43-31-145 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 31 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Section 43-31-145. . Consideration to be given similar benefits available to handicapped in meeting cost of rehabilitation; insurance carriers not to deny benefits.

 As required by the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Acts, and any amendments thereto, including rules and regulation issued pursuant to such acts, the Vocational Rehabilitation Department shall give full consideration to any similar benefits available to a handicapped individual, including private, group or other insurance benefits, to meet, in whole or in part, the cost of any vocational rehabilitation services prior to expenditure of public funds. To the extent that an individual is eligible for other benefits, including private, group or other insurance benefits, such benefits shall be utilized insofar as possible. Insurance carriers shall not deny payment of benefits otherwise available solely on the basis that a handicapped individual has applied for, or has been deemed eligible to receive, vocational rehabilitation services as provided by the Vocational Rehabilitation Department.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 675.
SC Code § 43-31-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 31 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Section 43-31-150. . Unlawful disclosure or use of information; records and communications are confidential and privileged.

 It shall be unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program, and in accordance with regulations, for any person to solicit, disclose, receive or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of any list of, or names of, or any information concerning, persons applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files, communications of the State or subdivisions or agencies thereof, or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties without the written consent of each such applicant and recipient. The records, papers, files and communications shall be regarded as confidential information and privileged.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-285; 1957 (50) 114; 1972 (57) 2398.
SC Code § 43-31-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 31 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Section 43-31-160. . Department of Vocational Rehabilitation to provide services to certain inmates.

 In addition to the duties of the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation as set forth in Sections 43-31-20 and 43-31-60, the department shall provide services authorized by this chapter to individuals who have committed criminal offenses and are or have been incarcerated in the Department of Corrections when these individuals suffer from physical or mental disabilities that may constitute a substantial handicap to employment.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 96, Section 2, eff August 31, 2001.  Editor's Note  2001 Act No. 96, Section 3, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor; however, the implementation of this act is contingent upon the appropriation of necessary funds to carry out the provisions of this act."
SC Code § 43-31-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 31 - Vocational Rehabilitation|Section 43-31-170. . Training and experience requirements for counselors.

 A counselor for the state agency of Vocational Rehabilitation shall have:  (1) a Master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling;  (2) a Master's degree in the field of counseling with a graduate course in theories and techniques of counseling; or  (3) a Master's degree in any discipline and at least eighteen documented hours of coursework at the Master's level or above within thirty months of the date of hire including:  (a) one graduate course with a primary focus on the theories and techniques of counseling;  (b) three graduate courses, each with a primary focus on one of the following areas:  (i) occupational information;  (ii) job development and placement;  (iii) medical aspects of disabilities;  (iv) foundations of rehabilitation;  (v) psychological aspects of disabilities;  (vi) personal and vocational adjustment; and  (c) two graduate courses, each with a primary focus on one of the following areas:  (i) assessment;  (ii) research methodology;  (iii) vocational and career development;  (iv) community resources;  (v) case management;  (vi) delivery of rehabilitation services; or  (4) a current Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) certificate, regardless of degree.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 243, Section 1, eff March 15, 2006.
SC Code § 43-33-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 33 - Rights Of Physically Disabled Persons|Section 43-33-10. . Declaration of policy.

 It is the policy of this State to encourage and enable the blind, the visually handicapped, and the otherwise physically disabled to participate fully in the social and economic life of the State and to engage in remunerative employment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-300.51; 1972 (57) 2617.
SC Code § 43-33-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 33 - Rights Of Physically Disabled Persons|Section 43-33-20. . Right of use of public facilities and accommodations of blind, other special need persons, and guide dog trainers.

 (a) The blind, the visually handicapped, and the otherwise physically disabled have the same right as the able-bodied to the full and free use of the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public facilities, and other public places;  (b) The blind, the visually handicapped, and the otherwise physically disabled are entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of all common carriers, airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad trains, motor buses, street cars, boats or any other public conveyances or modes of transportation, hotels, lodging places, places of public accommodation, amusement or resort, and other places to which the general public is invited, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons;  (c) Every handicapped person has the right to be accompanied by an assistance dog, especially trained for the purpose, in any of the places listed in item (b) of this section without being required to pay an extra charge for the assistance dog. Each handicapped person is liable for any damage done to the premises or facilities by the dog.  (d) Every person who is a trainer of an assistance or guide dog, while engaged in the training of an assistance or guide dog, has the same rights and privileges with respect to access to public facilities and accommodations as blind and disabled persons, including the right to be accompanied by an assistance or guide dog or assistance or guide dog in training, in any of the places listed in item (b) of this section without being required to pay an extra charge for the assistance dog. A person who uses premises or facilities accommodations accompanied by a dog under the authority of this item is liable for any damage done to the premises or facilities by the dog.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-300.52; 1972 (57) 2617; 1983 Act No. 57 Section 1; 1987 Act No. 147 Section 1, eff June 4, 1987; 2002 Act No. 204, Section 1, eff April 10, 2002.
SC Code § 43-33-25 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 33 - Rights Of Physically Disabled Persons|Section 43-33-25. . Use of motorized chairs or carts by handicapped on beaches.

 For reasons set forth in Section 43-33-20, persons who are handicapped and who customarily use motorized wheelchairs or motorized carts for locomotion shall not be prohibited from using such wheelchairs or carts on the strand of the seacoast of this State.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 315.
SC Code § 43-33-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 33 - Rights Of Physically Disabled Persons|Section 43-33-30. . Duty of driver approaching blind pedestrian; failure of blind pedestrian to carry white cane or use guide dog.

 The driver of a vehicle approaching a totally or partially blind pedestrian who is carrying a cane predominantly white or metallic in color (with or without a red tip) or approaching a handicapped pedestrian using an assistance dog shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to the pedestrian. Any driver who fails to take these precautions is liable in damages for any injury caused the pedestrian. A totally or partially blind pedestrian not carrying a cane or a handicapped pedestrian not using an assistance dog in any of the places, accommodations, or conveyances listed in Section 43-33-20, has all the rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons. The failure of a totally or partially blind pedestrian to carry a cane or the failure of a handicapped pedestrian to use an assistance dog in any of these places, accommodations, or conveyances does not constitute negligence.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-300.53; 1972 (57) 2617; 1983 Act No. 57 Section 2; 1987 Act No. 147 Section 2, eff June 4, 1987.
SC Code § 43-33-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 33 - Rights Of Physically Disabled Persons|Section 43-33-40. . Unlawful interference with rights of blind or other physically disabled person.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person or his agent to:  (1) deny or interfere with admittance to or enjoyment of the public facilities enumerated in Section 43-33-20; or  (2) interfere with the rights of a totally or partially blind or disabled person under Section 43-33-20.  (B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-300.54; 1972 (57) 2617; 1993 Act No. 184 Section 234, eff January 1, 1994.
SC Code § 43-33-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 33 - Rights Of Physically Disabled Persons|Section 43-33-50. . White Cane Safety Day.

 Each year, the Governor shall take suitable public notice of October fifteenth as White Cane Safety Day. He shall issue a proclamation in which:  (a) he comments upon the significance of the white cane;  (b) he calls upon the citizens of the State to observe the provisions of the White Cane Law and to take precautions necessary to the safety of the disabled;  (c) he reminds the citizens of the State of the policies with respect to the disabled herein declared and urges the citizens to cooperate in giving effect to them;  (d) he emphasizes the need of the citizens to be aware of the presence of disabled persons in the community and to keep safe and functional for the disabled the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, other public places, places of public accommodation, amusement and resort, and other places to which the public is invited, and to offer assistance to disabled persons upon appropriate occasions.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-300.55; 1972 (57) 2617.
SC Code § 43-33-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 33 - Rights Of Physically Disabled Persons|Section 43-33-60. . Policy regarding employment of blind and other physically disabled persons.

 It is the policy of this State that the blind, the visually handicapped, and the otherwise physically disabled shall be employed in the State service, the service of the political subdivisions of the State, in the public schools, and in all other employment supported in whole or in part by public funds on the same terms and conditions as the able-bodied, unless it is shown that the particular disability prevents the performance of the work involved.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-300.56; 1972 (57) 2617.
SC Code § 43-33-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 33 - Rights Of Physically Disabled Persons|Section 43-33-70. . Right of blind and other physically disabled persons to equal access to housing accommodations.

 (a) Blind persons, visually handicapped persons, and other physically disabled persons shall be entitled to full and equal access, as other members of the general public, to all housing accommodations offered for rent, lease, or compensation in this State, subject to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons.  (b) "Housing accommodations" means any real property, or portion thereof, which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied, as the home, residence or sleeping place of one or more human beings, but shall not include any accommodations, included within subsection (a) or any single-family residence the occupants of which rent, lease, or furnish for compensation not more than one room therein.  (c) Nothing in this section shall require any person renting, leasing, or providing for compensation real property to modify his property in any way or provide a higher degree of care for a blind person, visually handicapped person, or other physically disabled person than for a person who is not physically disabled.  (d) Every handicapped person who has an assistance dog, or who obtains an assistance dog, is entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations provided for in this section. Each handicapped person is not required to pay extra compensation for the dog but is liable for any damage done to the premises by the dog.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 71-300.57; 1972 (57) 2617; 1983 Act No. 57 Section 3; 1987 Act No. 147 Section 3, eff June 4, 1987.
SC Code § 43-33-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 33 - Rights Of Physically Disabled Persons|Section 43-33-210. . Definitions.

 For the purposes of this article:  "Handicapped" shall mean any person who is visually impaired, legally blind, deaf or hearing-impaired, has a disability of incoordination or palsy resulting from brain, spinal or peripheral nerve damage, has an amputation of upper extremities, or is otherwise disabled in such a way as to interfere with his ability to use written or visual material.  "Visually impaired" shall mean any person with a visual acuity not exceeding 20/70 to 20/200 in his better eye with correcting lenses.  "Legally blind" shall mean any person with a visual acuity not exceeding 20/200 in his better eye with correcting lenses, or with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of his visual field subtends an angle not greater than twenty degrees.  "Test" shall mean any written psychometric instrument designed to measure the aptitude, achievement or intelligence of a person being screened for employment or promotion.  "Agency" shall mean any State agency, department or institution.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 662 Section 1.
SC Code § 43-33-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 33 - Rights Of Physically Disabled Persons|Section 43-33-220. . Nondiscrimination in psychometric testing by State agencies; technical assistance to agencies; special assistance or procedures for handicapped persons.

 The provisions of this article shall apply to any State agency which utilizes psychometric tests in its personnel procedures. Any such agency shall administer test materials in such manner, form and procedure as will prevent discrimination to persons with physical handicaps as provided for in this article.  In all instances where needed, agencies shall secure appropriate technical assistance to administer their test materials. Technical assistance shall be provided, where possible, by appropriate State agencies, professional organizations who work with the physically handicapped and other interested private or public groups and organizations.  It shall be the responsibility of the handicapped person to make known his needs for special assistance or procedures to the agency in advance of his test.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 662 Section 2.
SC Code § 43-33-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 43 - Social Services|Chapter 33 - Rights Of Physically Disabled Persons|Section 43-33-230. . Complaints.

 Any applicant for employment or promotion may personally, or by his representative, file a written complaint of alleged violations of the provisions of this article with the agency concerned within ninety days of the alleged violations. The agency shall make a decision concerning the complaint and shall take such action as may be warranted within thirty days. If the agency and the complainant are unable to reach a satisfactory agreement, the complainant shall be informed of his right to appeal. The appeal shall be through the established grievance procedures in the case of permanent employees or to the State Personnel Division in the case of applicants for employment or those employees not on permanent status.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 662 Section 3.