Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 612 - State Department of Rehabilitation Services › Chapter 10 - Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired › Subchapter 7 - Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired › Part 15 - TRAINING › Section 612:10-7-162 - Textbooks, supplies, training tools and equipment

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) For clients attending training, an
				  allowance may be provided to cover the actual cost of required books, supplies,
				  training tools and equipment, after available comparable benefits have been
				  applied. When an allowance is provided, the client will be required to furnish
				  documentation of the costs of required books, supplies, tools or equipment. The
				  counselor will work with the client in obtaining and utilizing comparable
				  benefits including the PELL grant and planning for the use of other resources
				  to help meet this expense. The textbook allowance will be adjusted the
				  following semester for clients who fail or withdraw from courses paid by DVR or
				  DSBVI. Only textbooks for the current semester's enrollment will be provided.
(b) Training tools and equipment
				  costing more than $500 will be purchased directly from the provider in
				  accordance with DRS administrative rules.
(c) The client, or client's family or
				  authorized representative as appropriate, is responsible for maintaining
				  supplies and training tools in good working order. DVR and DSBVI will pay for
				  repairs to supplies and training tools purchased with DVR and DSBVI funds
				  during the life of the case unless there is clear evidence the supplies or
				  training tools have been damaged due to client abuse or neglect.
(d) Gun "kits", but not operable firearms,
				  used as training tools may be purchased for students in gun-smithing school
				  only.
(e) The Department retains
				  title to any tools costing $500 or more purchased for training purposes until
				  title is released by an authorized agent of the Department. The counselor will
				  complete the Receipt for Equipment and Title Agreement, and obtain necessary
				  signatures, before releasing such tools to the client. Any tools purchased for
				  training purposes remain with the client while he/she is in training and after
				  the completion of the training if they can be used in the client's chosen
				  vocation. If the client drops out of training, DRS at its discretion may take
				  steps to repossess the tools to transfer to another client.
(f) Case recording must reflect the
				  disposition of tools and materials provided the client before the case is
				  closed.
(g) Computers and related
				  high tech equipment necessary for the client to participate in a training
				  program or required by the training entity may be purchased as a client service
				  in accordance with agency administrative rule(s), or participation in the
				  rehabilitation process, or is essential to the client's achievement of his or
				  her employment outcome. The cost of computers and related equipment will not be
				  included in an allowance for textbooks and supplies.
Added at 10 Ok Reg
					 4633, eff 9-1-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 2449, eff 7-1-94; Amended at
					 13 Ok Reg 1817, eff 4-3-96 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 809, eff 1-24-97
					 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2332, eff 7-1-97; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1614,
					 eff 7-1-99; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 1771, eff 7-1-03; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1975,
					 eff 7-1-06; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1589, eff 7-1-10; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 1832,
					 eff 7-1-11