Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT FOR THE DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING › Chapter 20 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT › Part I - Definitions › Section 22VAC20-20-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Alerting device" means a device that alerts individuals
					 with a hearing loss of sounds around them.
"Amplification device" means a device that amplifies either
					 incoming sounds for individuals who have a hearing loss or outgoing sounds for
					 individuals who have a speech disability.
"Applicant" means a person who applies for assistive
					 technology equipment.
"Application" means the TAP Application
					 (VDDHH-TAP-1).
"Assistive technology equipment" means any device or
					 adaptive equipment for telecommunications or alerting used by individuals who
					 are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind or speech-disabled.
"Audiologist" means any person who is licensed by the
					 Department of Health Professions to engage in the practice of audiology.
"Completion date" means the date all supporting
					 documentation for the application is received by the department.
"Coupon" means a voucher that may be used by the applicant
					 towards the purchase of approved assistive technology equipment through the
					 program.
"Deaf" means a hearing loss that requires use of a text
					 telephone or Voice Carry Over Phone to communicate effectively on the
					 telephone.
"Deafblind" means a dual loss of hearing and vision that
					 requires use of a braille text telephone or a large visual display text
					 telephone to communicate effectively on the telephone.
"Department" means the Virginia Department for the Deaf and
					 Hard-of-Hearing.
"Family" means the applicant, his dependents and any person
					 legally required to support the applicant, including a spouse.
"Fiscal constraint" means when projected expenditures may
					 exceed appropriated funds for equipment distribution within a budgeted
					 period.
"Gross income" means the income, total cash receipts before
					 taxes from all sources of the applicant, his dependents, and any person legally
					 required to support the applicant, including a spouse.
"Hard of hearing" means a hearing loss that requires use of
					 either a text telephone or an amplification device to communicate effectively
					 on the telephone.
"Hearing aid specialist" means a person who has a license
					 from the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to fit and sell
					 hearing aids.
"Hearing-disabled/visually-disabled" means a dual loss of
					 hearing and vision that requires use of large visual display text telephone or
					 a braille text telephone to communicate effectively on the telephone.
"Minor" means a person less than 18 years of age whose
					 parent or legal guardian is legally responsible for his support.
"Physician" means a person who has a medical degree and a
					 license to practice medicine in any one of the United States.
"Program" or "TAP" means Technology Assistance Program for
					 distributing assistive technology equipment to individuals who are deaf, hard
					 of hearing, hearing-disabled/visually-disabled, deafblind or speech-disabled
					 and who meet eligibility requirements through an application process.
"Public assistance" means and includes Temporary Assistance
					 to Needy Families (TANF); Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security
					 Disability Insurance (SSDI); auxiliary grants to the aged, blind and disabled;
					 medical assistance; food stamps; general relief; fuel assistance; and social
					 services.
"Recipient" means a person who receives assistive
					 technology equipment.
"Ring signal device" means a device that alerts an
					 individual who is deaf, hard of hearing, hearing-disabled/visually-disabled or
					 deafblind of an incoming call.
"Speech-disabled" means a loss of verbal communication
					 ability that prohibits normal usage of a standard telephone handset.
"Speech-language pathologist" means any person who is
					 licensed by the Department of Health Professions to engage in the practice of
					 speech-language pathology.
"Text telephone" (hereinafter called TTY) means a nonvoice
					 terminal device used to transmit and receive messages telephonically. This
					 includes, but is not limited to, telecommunications devices for the deaf
					 (TDD/TTY) and computer software.
"VDDHH outreach specialist" means a person hired by or
					 contracted with the department to provide outreach services and to assist the
					 department in carrying out activities related to the Technology Assistance
					 Program on either a regional or local level.
"Vendor" means a company that enters into a contract with
					 the Commonwealth to provide assistive technology equipment as defined in this
					 regulation.
Statutory Authority
§ 51.5-112 of the Code of Virginia.