North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 17 - SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
Subchapter B - ADMINISTRATION
Section .0200 - REGIONAL CENTERS
Section 17B .0201 - FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 17B .0201

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) The purpose of the respective regional centers for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind is to promote the accessibility of community services to deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind persons, to inform deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind persons of their right to services offered locally, to advocate for the rights and needs of deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind persons, and to coordinate interpreter services for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind individuals.

(b) It is the responsibility of the regional centers for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind to provide services to such persons without regard to age, income, or employability.

Authority G.S. 143B-216.33(a)(3);
Eff. October 20, 1979;
Amended Eff. May 1, 2007; April 1, 1990;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 20, 2017.

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