WAC 67-25-448   Vocational rehabilitation services -- Occupational licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks and supplies.  (1) Goods and services described in this section may be provided only under an individualized plan for employment when necessary for the customer to achieve an employment outcome. The department will pay for a customer to be bonded if the employment he or she is entering requires a bond and the customer supplies all necessary information to the bonding firm.

     (2) Occupational licenses are licenses, permits, or certificates showing that the individual meets certain standards, has accomplished certain achievements, or has paid dues, fees, or has other written authority required by a state, city, or other government unit that qualifies the individual to engage in a business, specific trade, or other work.

     (3) Occupational tools include those customarily required for a worker to perform efficiently on the job, and which workers in the same or similar trade or profession are normally provided. These may include specialized tools adapted to accommodate the individual's disability.

     (4) Occupational equipment includes occupational fixtures normally found in places of business. These include machinery, and appliances that are usually stationary during utilization. However, self-powered vehicles may also be provided.

     (5) Initial stocks include the initial inventory of merchandise or goods necessary for a participant to enter self-employment. It may also include the initial purchase of livestock as a base stock, and stocks of seed, fertilizer, fuel, etc., for farming or agricultural self-employment.

     (6) Initial supplies include expendable items necessary for the customer to carry out day-to-day business operations, and which are consumed on the premises in the course of the customer's self-employment business or in a business enterprise location.

     (7) Purchase, accountability, legal title, insurance, maintenance, and other considerations regarding provision of goods and services described in this section are addressed in the department's procedures governing their provision.

     (8) Goods and services described in this section shall be provided only after consideration of comparable services and benefits in accordance with WAC 67-25-360.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.18 RCW. 05-08-097, § 67-25-448, filed 4/4/05, effective 5/5/05. Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.15 RCW. 95-06-057, § 67-25-448, filed 2/28/95, effective 3/31/95. Statutory Authority: 1983 c 194 § 18. 84-01-042 (Order 83-08), § 67-25-448, filed 12/15/83. Formerly WAC 67-20-448.]