Conn. Agencies Regs. § 10-293-39

Current through December 4, 2024

Section 10-293-39 - Workshop program file

The following information concerns the maintenance and use of records by the board in the operation of its workshop program.

(1) Name: Workshop Program File.

(2) Type: Automated and manual.

(3) Purpose: To permit the board to meet its responsibility to develop and maintain workshops for training and employing blind persons in trades and occupations suited to their abilities; to aid blind persons to secure employment; to develop home industries; and to market their products and services.

(4) Source of Data: Routine sources of information maintained in the Workshop Program file are the blind person, physicians and other providers of medical and psychological services, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and other state agencies, educational institutions, previous employers of the blind person, workshop performance records, workshop evaluator and supervisor's records, workshop payroll records and budget information.

(5) Legal Authority: Section 10-298a through 10-298c of CGS.

(6) Categories of Personal Data:

(A) Education, including academic achievement and performance or grade level;

(B) Physical and mental capacities including medical diagnosis, history of treatment, prognosis and functional capacities;

(C) Vocational including psychological and vocational test results, past work history, vocational interests, measure of vocational performance and progress; and

(D) Financial including workshop earning capacity, and earnings from sale of products produced at home.

(7) Categories of other Data: Blind person's name, address, phone number, date of birth, social security number, payroll number and case record number.

(8) Category of Person: Legally blind persons in need of workshop training or employment to develop or use their skills in occupations or trades suited to their abilities.

(9) Information in the Workshop Program file is used by persons identified in Section 10-293-50(a) (4) of these regulations to:

(A) evaluate job performance and progress of the blind worker;

(B) establish compensation rate or payroll for individual performance;

(C) assist in determining blind person's readiness to move into competitive employment; and

(D) identify the blind person's potential skills and capacities for vocational training.

(10) Retention Schedule: Five (5) years after the blind person becomes inactive as a workshop employee.

Conn. Agencies Regs. § 10-293-39

Effective July 28, 1988