Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "State board" means the state board of education.
(b) "Vocational disability" means any disability except blindness which constitutes, contributes to, or if not corrected will probably result in an obstruction to occupational performance.
(c) "Disabled individual" means any person, other than a person who is blind, who has a vocational disability.
(d) "Vocational rehabilitation" and "vocational rehabilitation services" mean any educational or other needed services including, but not limited to, determination of extent of disability, vocational diagnosis, vocational guidance, rehabilitation training, medical services, transportation, maintenance, and training books and materials, found to be necessary to compensate a disabled individual for his or her vocational disability, and to enable him or her to engage in a suitable occupation or to be assisted into independent living.
History: 1964, Act 232, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1964 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 43, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 1998
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of department of career development, including any board, commission, council, or similar entity within the department of career development, to the department of labor and economic growth, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.For the transfer of the Michigan council for rehabilitation services and Michigan rehabilitation services and the powers and duties of the director of the department of health and human services from the department of health and human services to the department of labor and economic opportunity and its director, see E.R.O. No. 2019-3, compiled at MCL 125.1998.