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§ 22-14-8 NMSA 1978

Vocational rehabilitation division; powers; duties

1953 Comp., § 77-12-7, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 197; 1989, ch. 88, § 1; 1993, ch. 226, § 31; 1993, ch. 229, § 2; 2004, ch. 46, § 11.

The vocational rehabilitation division of the public education department shall:

A. provide vocational rehabilitation to qualified individuals;

B. administer any state plan or federal aid funds relating to vocational rehabilitation;

C. cooperate and make agreements with public or private agencies to establish or to maintain a vocational rehabilitation program;

D. enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to provide vocational rehabilitation;

E. accept gifts or grants to be used for vocational rehabilitation;

F. enforce regulations for the administration of laws relating to vocational rehabilitation;

G. conduct research and compile statistics relating to vocational rehabilitation; and

H. ensure that behavioral health services, including mental health and substance abuse services, provided, contracted for or approved are in compliance with the requirements of Section 9-7-6.4 NMSA 1978.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.