17 chapters · 204 sections in this title.
34 V.I.C. § 251 Purpose
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It is the purpose of the Virgin Islands to provide vocational rehabilitation services to physically handicapped individuals of the Virgin Islands so that they may prepare for and engage in useful and remunerative occupations to the extent of their capabilities, thus increasing th…
34 V.I.C. § 252 Definitions
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(1) For the purposes of this chapter—“maintenance” means payments to cover the handicapped individual's basic living expenses, such as food, shelter, clothing, health maintenance, and other subsistence expenses essential to achieving the individual's vocational rehabilitation obj…
34 V.I.C. § 253 Administration of program
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The Department of Human Services shall be the sole agency for the administration, in the Virgin Islands, of the vocational rehabilitation program provided for by this chapter, and by the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Act and all acts of Congress amendatory thereof or suppleme…
34 V.I.C. § 254 Powers and duties of the Department of Human Services
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(a) The Department of Human Services has authority and jurisdiction to, and shall —(1) cooperate with the United States Department of Health and Human Services in carrying out, in the Virgin Islands, the provisions of the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Act, as amended;(2) coop…