460 IAC 14.1-11-1 Driver training services

Sec. 1. (a) A participant may receive driver training services if: (1) the participant has a disability-related barrier to driving; (2) the participant requires the ability to drive a vehicle to participate in the vocational rehabilitation process or achieve the employment outcome listed in their individualized plan for employment; (3) the participant owns or has access to a vehicle; and (4) alternative modes of transportation are determined by the VR program to be unavailable, impracticable, or otherwise inadequate to meet the participant's vocational rehabilitation needs. (b) A participant must: (1) participate in a driver evaluation conducted by a driver rehabilitation specialist; and (2) complete any driver training recommended by the driver rehabilitation specialist. (c) A participant must provide the VR program proof of a valid driver's license or driver's permit to receive driver training services. (d) A participant may not receive driver training services if the: (1) participant is not capable of finishing the driver training needed to safely drive a vehicle, based on the driver evaluation or a lack of progress in driver training as determined by the driver rehabilitation specialist; or (2) driver rehabilitation specialist determines the participant cannot be a safe driver. (e) A participant previously found ineligible under subsection (d) must provide the VR program with evidence documenting a substantive change in circumstance before they can be reevaluated for driver training services.