Ohio Administrative Code › Title 123:5 - Division of Purchasing › Chapter 123:5-3 - Community Rehabilitation Programs › Section 123:5-3-02 - Certification of a community rehabilitation program

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any community rehabilitation program
			 seeking certification as a qualified nonprofit agency
			 will apply to the
			 department of administrative services ("the
			 department")
								 on a form provided by and in a
			 manner prescribed by the department.
(B) To qualify for certification the
			 community rehabilitation program 
								will provide the 
								department with the following:
(1) A completed application with the duly
			 notarized signature of its chief executive officer;
(2) A copy of its mission statement and
			 by-laws 
									that document its purpose as providing employment and
			 training opportunities for 
									persons with work-limiting
			 disabilities;
(3) A legible copy of
			 certification by the Ohio secretary of state indicating that the community
			 rehabilitation program is a nonprofit corporation according to Chapter 1702. of
			 the Revised Code;
(4) A legible
			 copy of a letter of determination issued by the United States internal revenue
			 service indicating the community rehabilitation program's status as a tax
			 exempt entity;
(5) A legible copy
			 of a current, valid certificate issued to the community rehabilitation program
			 by the United States  department
			 of labor's wage and hour division permitting the payment of wages that are
			 commensurate to the productivity of 
									a person with a
			 
									work-limiting disability if applicable;
(6) A statement of assurance, with the duly
			 notarized signature of its chief executive officer, of current and ongoing
			 compliance with all applicable 
									occupational health and safety laws, rules,
			 standards, and codes promulgated by the federal government and this
			 state;
(7) A statement of
			 assurance, with the duly notarized signature of its chief executive officer,
			 of the following:
(a)
										That the annual total of all direct labor furnished by
			 the community rehabilitation program in the manufacture of goods and provisions
			 of services whether or not related to the federal or state government set aside
			 programs, is at a quota of not less than seventy-five per cent provided by
			 persons with work-limiting disabilities.
(b) Direct labor
			 provided at any work site that is separate from the community rehabilitation
			 program's primary address, and is performed between the hours of seven a.m. and
			 eleven p.m. 
										is at a cumulative annual quota of not less than sixty
			 per cent provided by persons with 
										work-limiting
			 disabilities.
(c) Direct labor
			 provided at any work site that is separate from the community rehabilitation
			 program's address, and is performed between the hours of one minute after
			 eleven p.m. and six fifty-nine a.m. is exempt from consideration when computing
			 compliance to the specific work site quota, or the cumulative annual quota
			  regarding the provision of
			 labor by persons with 
										work-limiting disabilities.
(d)
			 Direct labor provided at any work site that is separate from the community
			 rehabilitation program's primary address, and is performed during the first
			 sixty days of a newly awarded contract is exempt from consideration when
			 computing the compliance to individual site quota 
										regarding
			 the
										 provision of labor by persons
			 with 
										work-limiting disabilities .