North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 17 - SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
Subchapter D - ASSISTIVE EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION
Section .0200 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM
Section 17D .0212 - PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT SETS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Only one equipment set shall be provided per subscriber unit that is the permanent, legal residence of one or more deaf, hard of hearing, speech-impaired, or deaf-blind eligible users. In the event that two or more recipients share a common, permanent, legal residence constituting a subscriber unit, equipment in excess of one equipment set shall be returned to the local regional center unless the recipients have different disabilities that necessitate the use of different kinds of equipment.
(b) The equipment set shall be granted in the name of the recipient. There shall be only one recipient per equipment set per subscriber unit, but there may be multiple users per subscriber unit. Recipient status shall be granted to an adult user within the subscriber unit. In the absence of an adult user within the subscriber unit, recipient status shall be granted to the parent, person standing in loco parentis, or legal guardian residing with a minor user in the subscriber unit.
Authority
G.S.
62-157;
143B-216.33(a)(7),(d);
Eff. December 1, 1988;
Amended Eff. May 1, 2007;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
2017.
