Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 402 - SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED
Section 17-402-4 - Eligibility for services
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-402-4
Current through August, 2024
(a) The division and branch shall assume responsibility to determine eligibility of a blind and visually handicapped person for vocational rehabilitation and related services.
(b) Determination of eligibility shall be based upon findings resulting from a preliminary diagnostic study which shall be sufficient to determine whether the individual has:
(1) A severe visual loss which results
in legal blindness:
(A) Central visual acuity
does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses.
(B) Visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but
is accompanied by a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest
diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20
degrees.
(2) A severe
visual impairment which interferes with performance of ordinary activity for
which sight is essential.
(3) The
capability to benefit from services of the branch and that services will enable
the individual to be rehabilitated into gainful occupations, to increase
capacity for independence, and to reduce the functional limitations of visual
loss.
(c) Eligibility shall be determined without regard to sex, race, color, creed, or national origin.
(d) Eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services shall also be determined in accordance with § 17-401-5.
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