Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 755 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES › Subpart C - ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION › Section 755.200 - Disability Certification

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) An applicant
				with a hearing disability seeking ITAP eligibility shall have completed by a hearing
				care professional, a designated counselor with the Illinois Department of Human
				Services-Division of Rehabilitation Services (DHS-DRS), or a care coordinator with
				the University of Illinois Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC) a
				standard form (provided by ITAC, on behalf of the carriers) certifying that the
				applicant is deaf or hard-of-hearing as those terms are defined in this
				Part.
b) An applicant who is deaf-blind
				or hearing-sight disabled seeking ITAP eligibility shall have completed by a hearing
				care professional, designated counselor with DHS-DRS, a designated counselor with
				any agency with which ITAC contracts to provide services for persons who are
				deaf-blind or a care coordinator with DSCC a standard form (provided by ITAC, on
				behalf of the carriers), provisionally certifying the applicant as deaf-blind or
				hearing-sight disabled as those conditions are defined in this Part. In instances in
				which deaf-blindness or the hearing-sight disability is certified by a hearing care
				professional, the hearing care professional shall make the provisional certification
				only upon review of medical records that confirm the applicant's sight disability.
				An applicant who has been provisionally certified as deaf-blind or hearing-sight
				disabled, as those conditions are defined in this Part, shall receive final
				certification only upon determination by a designated counselor with any agency with
				which ITAC contracts to provide services for persons who are deaf-blind that the
				applicant has the potential skills and potential ability to appropriately utilize
				the applicable equipment to make a telephone call.
c) An applicant who has a speech disability
				seeking ITAP eligibility shall have completed by a licensed physician,
				speech-language pathologist, care coordinator with DSCC, or designated counselor
				with DHS-DRS a standard form (provided by ITAC, on behalf of the carriers)
				certifying the applicant has a speech disability as that condition is defined in
				this Part. In instances in which the applicant's speech disability is certified by a
				designated counselor with DHS-DRS or a care coordinator with DSCC, the DHS-DRS
				counselor or DSCC care coordinator shall make this certification only upon review of
				medical records that confirm the applicant's speech disability.
d) An applicant who has a speech-sight disability
				seeking ITAP eligibility shall have completed by a licensed physician,
				speech-language pathologist, a care coordinator with DSCC, or a designated counselor
				with DHS-DRS a standard form (provided by ITAC, on behalf of the carriers)
				certifying the applicant as a person with a speech-sight disability as that
				condition is defined in this Part. In instances in which the applicant has a
				speech-sight disability and the speech disability is certified by a speech-language
				pathologist, the speech-language pathologist shall make this certification only upon
				review of medical records that confirm the applicant's sight disability. In
				instances in which the applicant's speech disability and the sight disability is
				certified by a designated counselor with DHS-DRS or a care coordinator with DSCC,
				the DHS-DRS counselor or DSCC care coordinator shall make this certification only
				upon review of medical records which confirm the applicant's speech disability or
				disabilities.