Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 650 - VENDING FACILITY PROGRAM FOR THE BLIND › Section 650.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Active participation" means involvement of the Illinois
				Committee of Blind Vendors, and negotiation between the Department of Human
				Services-Division of Rehabilitation Services (DHS-DRS) and ICBV in
				administrative matters of a major type. "Active participation" does not mean
				concurrence on all issues, and where concurrence is not reached, DHS-DRS is
				given the ultimate authority to determine policies per 34 CFR 395
				(2009).
"Administrator" means the employee of DHS-DRS responsible for
				the administration of the Program per the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 USC
				107 et seq.) and its regulations (34 CFR 395
				(2009)).
"Business consultant" means the person designated by DHS-DRS to
				consult with and advise assigned vendors, and provide regular written reports
				on the individual facilities and the vendor's performance to the vendor and
				DHS-DRS.
"Certification" means a vendor has completed training in an
				approved DHS training module that is required by the Vending Program for the
				Blind as granted under Section
				650.70.
"Days" means working days, i.e., Monday through Friday
				excluding State established holidays or days on which government offices are
				closed by order of the Governor, unless otherwise stated.
"DHS-DRS" means the Illinois Department of Human
				Services-Division of Rehabilitation Services.
"Facility" means the location or locations assigned to one or
				more vendors by DHS-DRS from which the vendors derive income.
"ICBV" means the Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors
				established under Section
				650.40.
"License" means a written document issued by DHS-DRS to an
				individual meeting the standards in Section
				650.80
				authorizing the individual to operate a facility.
"Net income" means the profits of the assigned facility after
				deducting the cost of replacement persons and set-aside.
"Net proceeds" means the amount remaining from the sale of
				articles or services of facilities and any vending machine or other income
				accruing to vendors after deducting the cost of the sale and other expenses
				(excluding set-aside funds).
"Nominee agency" means a nonprofit agency or organization
				designated by DHS-DRS, through a written agreement, to act as DHS-DRS' agent in
				the provision of specified services under this Part.
"Program" means all the activities of the state licensing
				agency under 34 CFR 395 (2009) related to vending facilities on federal and
				other property.
"Program assets" are the financial and physical resources of a
				facility, including inventory of product, supplies, equipment and funds
				generated from the sale of goods or services, except such items purchased by a
				vendor.
"Randolph-Sheppard Act" means the Randolph-Sheppard Act, as
				amended (20 USC
				107 et seq.), which governs the federal
				vending stand program.
"Receipt", for material sent by DHS-DRS to a vendor, is
				presumed four days from the date of postmark or on the day of delivery for
				hand-delivered items, or, if a verbal form of communication, on the date of
				receipt.
"Replacement person" means a person assigned or provided to
				temporarily assume the responsibilities of a vendor, as prescribed by Section
				650.150.
"Screening Committee" means a committee comprised of management
				staff from the vending facility program and vendors from the ICBV who review
				interested candidates for admission into the program.
"Seniority" is determined from the date a vendor receives a
				license to operate a facility and is inventoried into a facility (i.e., a
				beginning inventory is conducted to determine the assets that are being turned
				over to the vendor) and will continue as long as the vendor retains an active
				license. If a vendor loses his or her facility, the seniority will not continue
				to accrue.
"Set-aside funds" or "set-aside" means funds that accrue to
				DHS, for uses described in Section
				650.140,
				from an assessment against the net proceeds of each facility and any income
				from vending machines on federal property that accrues to DHS-DRS.
"State licensing agency" means the state agency designated by
				the Secretary of the United States Department of Education to issue licenses to
				blind persons for the operation of vending facilities on federal, state, local
				governmental and other property. In Illinois this agency is DHS-DRS.
"Supervisor" means the employee of DHS-DRS responsible for the
				supervision of personnel and training, or the person designated to carry out
				these responsibilities in the absence of the supervisor.
" 34 CFR 395 " is the citation to the 2009 federal regulations
				for the Randolph-Sheppard Act.
"Trainee" means a customer of DHS-DRS Vocational Rehabilitation
				Program who meets the criteria for participation in the Program, per Section
				650.50,
				who is attending the Program's training classes or is on an assigned on-the-job
				training position while in training.
"Vendor" means an individual meeting the criteria for
				participation in the Program, per Section 650.50, who has been certified and
				licensed by DHS-DRS and is eligible to manage, or is managing, a facility or is
				on an approved personal or medical leave.
"VR" means vocational rehabilitation administered by the
				Department of Human Services under 89 Ill. Adm. Code: Subchapter
				b.