Tennessee Code 71-4-610 – Hearing on grievances
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-4-610
- Blind individual: means any person whose visual acuity with maximum correction does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye, except that in those instances in which the visual acuity exceeds 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees (20°. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
- Vocational rehabilitation: means making an individual able, or increasing an individual's ability to:
(A) Engage in a remunerative occupation. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
Any blind individual applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation who is aggrieved by any action of the vocational rehabilitation service for the blind shall be entitled in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner to a fair hearing, and the decision so made after such hearing shall be final.