Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 45 - DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED › Chapter 70 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PROVISION OF REHABILITATION TEACHING AND INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES › Section 22VAC45-70-10 - 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:
"Assessment" means the systematic evaluation or
				  identification of the consumers' need for and ability to benefit from
				  services.
"Blind person" means an individual who has central visual
				  acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, as measured with best correction,
				  or a limitation in the field of vision in the better eye, such that the widest
				  diameter of the visual field subtends an angle of 20 degrees or less, as
				  defined in § 51.5-60 of the Code of Virginia.
"Deafblind person" means an individual:
1.
a.
Who has central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better
				  eye with corrective lenses, or a field defect such that the peripheral diameter
				  of visual fields subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees, or a
				  progressive visual loss having a prognosis leading to one or both of the
				  conditions;
b. Who has a chronic hearing impairment so severe that most
				  speech cannot be understood with optimum amplification, or a progressive
				  hearing loss having a prognosis leading to this condition; and
c. For whom the combination of impairments described in
				  subdivisions 1 a and 1 b of this definition cause extreme difficulty in
				  attaining independence in daily life activities, achieving psychological
				  adjustment, or obtaining a vocation; and
2. Who, despite the inability to be measured accurately for
				  hearing and vision loss due to cognitive or behavioral constraints or both, can
				  be determined through functional and performance assessments to have severe
				  hearing and visual disabilities that cause extreme difficulty in attaining
				  independence in daily life activities, achieving psychological adjustment, or
				  obtaining vocational objectives.
"Department" or "DBVI" means the Department for the Blind and
				  Vision Impaired.
"Financial needs assessment' means an assessment to consider
				  the financial need of an individual who is applying for or receiving
				  rehabilitation teaching and independent living services to determine the extent
				  of the individual's participation in the costs of services.
"Independent living" means control over one's life based on
				  the choice of acceptable options that minimize reliance on others in making
				  decisions and performing everyday activities. This includes managing one's
				  affairs, participating in day-to-day life in the community, fulfilling a range
				  of social roles, making decisions that lead to self-determination, and the
				  minimization of physical and psychological dependence on others.
"Reasonable expectation" means that rehabilitation teaching
				  and independent living services are anticipated to significantly assist an
				  individual to improve his ability to cope with blindness and function more
				  independently.
"Rehabilitation teaching" means the process of guiding and
				  instructing a blind, visually impaired , or deafblind person through an
				  individualized plan of instruction designed to develop and raise the level of
				  adaptive coping skills and functional independence.
Rehabilitation Teaching/Independent Living Program Plan" or
				  "Plan" means a written program of rehabilitation teaching services identified
				  during the assessment for each individual determined eligible for services by
				  the Rehabilitation Teaching/Independent Living Program.
"Severely visually impaired" means vision less than 20/70 in
				  the better eye with correction or a field restricted to 70 degrees or less in
				  the better eye.
Statutory Authority: § 51.5-65 of the Code of
					 Virginia.