7 CCR 1105-1-9.106 - SEVERITY OF DISABILITY [Rev. eff. 3/17/17]

The assessment for determining eligibility and identifying vocational rehabilitation needs shall establish an individual's priority for services, based upon whether the individual's disability is most significant, significant, or an individual with a disability.

A. An individual with a most significant disability is defined as an eligible individual (including presumptively eligible) who has a severe physical or mental impairment that seriously limits three or more functional capacities (communication, interpersonal skills, mobility, motor skills, self-care, self-direction, work skills, or work tolerance) in terms of an employment outcome; and, whose vocational rehabilitation can be expected to require the provision of two or more vocational rehabilitation services for at least five months.

B. An individual with a significant disability is defined as an eligible individual who has been verified to be presumptively eligible or who has a severe physical or mental impairment that seriously limits one or two functional capacity areas (communication, interpersonal skills, mobility, motor skills, self-care, self-direction, work skills, or work tolerance) in terms of an employment outcome; and, whose vocational rehabilitation can be expected to require the provision of two or more vocational rehabilitation services for at least five months.

C. An individual with a disability is defined as an eligible individual who does not meet the criteria for most significant or significant.

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7 CCR 1105-1-9.106

40 CR 04, February 25, 2017, effective 3/17/2017 41 CR 05, March 10, 2018, effective 3/30/2018 42 CR 03, February 10, 2019, effective 3/2/2019 42 CR 17, September 10, 2019, effective 9/30/2019 43 CR 02, January 25, 2020, effective 3/1/2020 45 CR 21, November 10, 2022, effective 11/30/2022