The facility may implement and manage vocational rehabilitation programs designed to meet special health care/service needs of veterans.
(1) An applicant is eligible for admission to vocational rehabilitation programs
only if he/she meets the requirements of chapter
72.36 RCW, WAC
484-20-025 through
484-20-060 and other admission criteria as defined in the specific vocational rehabilitation program.
(2) Program participation shall be defined by means of an individualized rehabilitation plan made between the prospective resident and the state or federal entity funding the rehabilitation program.
(3) Residents who refuse to comply with participation goals as defined in the rehabilitation plan may be subject to discharge from both the rehabilitation program and the facility. Residents who are being discharged for noncompliance with participation goals shall receive written notice in accordance with WAC
484-20-103.
(4) If a resident is discharged from a rehabilitation program his/her initial application shall be screened by the agency or state veterans home admission team to determine eligibility for transfer to a nonrehabilitation section/program as described in chapter
72.36 RCW and this chapter.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.60A.070 and chapter 72.36 RCW. 94-22-050, § 484-20-062, filed 10/31/94, effective 12/1/94.]