Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 18 > Article 10A - Rehabilitation Services

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Attendant: means a self-employed individual who is trained to perform attendant care services and who works as an independent contractor. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
• Attendant care services: means services which include, but are not limited to:

  (a) Routine bodily functions such as bowel and bladder care. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1

• board: means a county board of education. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Director: means the director of the division of vocational rehabilitation. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
• Disabled individual: means any person who has a substantial employment handicap. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
• Division: means the division of vocational rehabilitation established by this article. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
• Employment handicap: means a physical or mental condition which constitutes, contributes to, or if not corrected will probably result in, an obstruction to occupational performance. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Judgment: includes decrees and orders for the payment of money, or the conveyance or delivery of land or personal property, or some interest therein, or any undertaking, bond or recognizance which has the legal effect of a judgment. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Maintenance: means money payments not exceeding the estimated cost of subsistence during vocational rehabilitation. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
• Occupational licenses: means any license, permit or other written authority required by any governmental unit to be obtained in order to engage in an occupation. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
• Physical restoration: means any medical, surgical, or therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially reduce a disabled individual&rsquo. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
• Regulations: means regulations made by the director with the approval of the secretary of the Department of Commerce or the state board. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
• Rehabilitation training: means all necessary training provided to a disabled individual to compensate for his or her employment handicap including, but not limited to, manual, preconditioning, prevocational, vocational, and supplementary training and training provided for the purpose of achieving broader or more remunerative skills and capacities. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
• School: means the students and teachers assembled in one or more buildings, organized as a unit. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• State board: means the Secretary of the Department of Commerce, or where required by federal law, the board, commission or council designated by the Secretary of the Department of Commerce to oversee certain functions of the Division of Rehabilitation Services. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1
• vocational rehabilitation services: means any services, provided directly or through public or private instrumentalities, found by the director to be necessary to compensate a disabled individual for his or her employment handicap and to enable him or her to engage in a remunerative occupation including, but not limited to, medical and vocational diagnosis, vocational guidance, counseling and placement, rehabilitation training, attendant care services, physical restoration, transportation, occupational licenses, occupational tools and equipment, including motor vehicles, maintenance, and training books and materials. See West Virginia Code 18-10A-1