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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 29. PUBLIC WELFARE |
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Chapter 29-1. VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES |
Section 29-136. NOTICE AND RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS REMEDIES
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136.1 Pursuant to 34 C.F.R. § 361.57, each applicant or consumer of VRSD or DSB shall be informed in writing, that he or she is entitled to each of the following:
(a) The right to request an informal administrative review meeting, mediation or impartial due process hearing;
(b) An informal administrative review meeting, mediation or impartial due process hearing;
(c) The availability of the Client Assistance Program (“CAP”) to assist the applicant or consumer during the informal administrative review meeting, mediation or impartial due process hearing;
(d) The right to request a qualified interpreter, fluent in the primary language (including sign language) of the applicant/consumer or other methods of communication used by an individual due to his or her disability; and
(e)The right to request auxiliary aids to ensure that communications with individuals with hearing, vision, or speech impairments are as effective as communications with others. "Auxiliary aids" include such services or devices as qualified interpreters, assistive listening headsets, television captioning and decoders, telecommunications devices for deaf persons (TDD's), videotext displays, readers, taped texts, brailed materials, and large print materials.
136.2 An applicant, a consumer or his or her authorized representative shall receive written notification of his or her due process remedies, at the following times:
(a)During the Application process;
(b)Assignment to an order of selection category;
(c)Development of an IPE; or
(d) Upon reduction, suspension, and/or termination (including case closure) of any determination concerning the furnishing or denial of vocational rehabilitation services.