WAC 67-25-070   Extended evaluation.  (1) If an applicant or customer with significant disabilities is unable to participate in a trial work experience or if options for trial work experience have been exhausted before the vocational rehabilitation counselor is able to make the determination of eligibility, an extended evaluation must be conducted. The purpose of the extended evaluation is to obtain information necessary to make an eligibility decision or to determine if trial work experience can be utilized. Extended evaluation involves provision of one or more vocational rehabilitation services designed to assess whether the applicant or customer is capable of benefiting from or capable of continuing to benefit from vocational rehabilitation services in terms of an employment outcome.

     (2) A written plan, including periodic assessments, must be developed to determine the individual's abilities, capabilities, and capacities, to perform in work situations through the use of extended evaluation. The individualized plan for employment, developed in accordance with WAC 67-25-260, must be inactivated while the individual is involved in extended evaluation. Only those services considered necessary for making the eligibility or continuing eligibility decision may be provided. Vocational rehabilitation services provided during extended evaluation must be provided in the most integrated setting possible, consistent with the informed choice and rehabilitation needs of the applicant or customer.

     (3) Extended evaluation shall be terminated when the department has sufficient information to make the eligibility or continuing eligibility decision.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.18 RCW. 05-08-097, § 67-25-070, filed 4/4/05, effective 5/5/05. Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.15 RCW. 95-06-057, § 67-25-070, filed 2/28/95, effective 3/31/95. Statutory Authority: 1983 c 194 § 18. 84-01-042 (Order 83-08), § 67-25-070, filed 12/15/83. Formerly WAC 67-20-070.]