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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69233</law_id><section_number>51.5-170</section_number><catch_line>Eligibility</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-389</reference><reference>51.5-171</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="51.5">Persons With Disabilities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14">Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="11">Vocational Rehabilitation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall adopt written standards for determining eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services provided or funded, in whole or in part, by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, which ensure that eligibility is determined without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national origin, religion, or type of impairment of the person applying for services and is determined solely by reference to specific written criteria.</p></section></text><history>1985, c. 421, &#xA7;&#xA7; 51.01-15 51.5-15; 1992, c. 755; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2020, c. 1137.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
