OAR 582-050-0010: General Provisions

(1) Eligibility requirements are applied without regard gender, race, creed, color, religion, ethnicity or national origin, nature or severity of disability, age, sexual orientation, residency or political ideation. Unless otherwise stated in the context, the rules in OAR 582-050 pertain only to Vocational Rehabilitation Services. (2) Except for individuals whose impairments fall within the definition of legal blindness, or are of a rapidly progressive nature leading to legal blindness, OVRS shall not exclude any group of individuals from eligibility for services solely on the basis of type of disability or impairment.