North Carolina § 168-14 - Vocational rehabilitation services for deaf persons.
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§ 168-14. Vocational rehabilitation services for deaf persons.
The Department of Health and Human Services shall promote the employment of deaf persons in this State. The Department shall assist deaf persons whose disability limits employment opportunities in obtaining gainful employment commensurate with their abilities and in maintaining such employment. The Department, in furtherance of these objectives, shall maintain statistics regarding trades and occupations in which deaf persons are employed. The Department shall attempt to employ deaf persons in its vocational rehabilitation services for deaf persons and shall have at least one deaf person so employed. History (1975, c. 412, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1975, c. 412, s. 3, provided: "The intent of this act is to transfer the Bureau of Labor for the Deaf from the Department of Labor to the Department of Human Resources as a Type I transfer as defined in G.S. 143A-6(a) ." Section 1 of the 1975 act repealed G.S. 95-70 to 95-72, which formerly provided for the Bureau of Labor for the Deaf. §§ 168-15 through 168-19: Reserved for future codification purposes.
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