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PUBLIC LAW 565-AUG. 3, 1954

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rection or modification may reasonably be expected to eliminate or substantially reduce such handicap within a reasonable length of time; "(2) necessary hospitalization in connection with surgery or treatment specified in paragraph (1); "(3) such prosthetic devices as are essential to obtaining or retaining employment; "(4) maintenance, not exceeding the estimated cost of subsist' '. ence, during rehabilitation; "(5) tools, equipment, initial stocks and supplies (including equipment and initial stocks and supplies for vending stands), books, and training materials, to any or all of which the State may retain legal title; and "(6) transportation (except where necessary in connection with determination of eligibility or nature and scope of services) and occupational licenses. Such term also includes— "(7) the acquisition of vending stands or other equipment and initial stocks and supplies for use by severely handicapped individuals in any type of small business the operation of which will be improved through management and supervision by the State agency; and "(8) the establishment of public and other nonprofit rehabilitation facilities to provide services for physically handicapped individuals and the establishment of public and other nonprofit workshops for the severely handicapped, "phy s icai 1 y «r\)\ xhe term 'physically handicapped individual' means any indihandicapped indi-

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vidual who is under a physical or mental disability which constitutes a substantial handicap to employment, but which is of such a nature that vocational rehabilitation services may reasonably be expected to render him fit to engage in a remunerative occupation. faciHt^**"''""^"°" " (^) "^^^ term 'rehabilitation facility' means a facility operated for the primary purpose of assisting in the rehabilitation of physically handicapped individuals— "(1) which provides one or more of the following types of services: " (A) testing, fitting, or training in the use of prosthetic devices; " (B) prevocational or conditioning therapy; " (C) physical or occupational therapy; " (D) adjustment training; or " (E) evaluation or control of special disabilities; or "(2) through which is provided an integrated program of medical, psychological, social, and vocational evaluation and services under competent professional supervision: Provided, That the major portion of such evaluation and services is furnished within the facility and that all medical and related health services are prescribed by, or are under the formal supervision of, persons licensed to practice medicine or surgery in the State. "Workshop." " (d) The term 'workshop' means a place where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on and which is operated for the primary purpose of providing remunerative employment to severely handicapped individuals who cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market. "Nonprofit." "^g^ The term 'nonprofit', when used with respect to a rehabilitation facility or a workshop, means a rehabilitation facility and a workshop, respectively, owned and operated by a corporation or association, no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and the

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