7 AAC 40.160 - Review of blindness determination

(a) An otherwise eligible applicant who is found to be blind under 7 AAC 40.150 will receive interim assistance under 7 AAC 40.375 without further review of the initial blindness determination. Interim assistance will end upon the division's receipt of notification of the Social Security Administration's final determination of eligibility or ineligibility for SSI benefits. An applicant will continue to receive interim assistance until the applicant

(1) is approved for SSI;

(2) receives an adverse SSI decision and fails to appeal it to the next appeal level;

(3) withdraws or abandons an appeal at any level; or

(4) receives a notice of dismissal or an adverse decision from the Social Security Appeals Council.

(b) An otherwise eligible applicant found to be blind by the division of vocational rehabilitation under 7 AAC 40.140(c) may be subject to periodic reviews of his or her blindness at intervals determined necessary by that division.

Notes

7 AAC 40.160

Eff. 5/12/82, Register 82; am 9/30/83, Register 87; am 4/6/91, Register 118; am 10/1/93, Register 127; am 10/10/96, Register 140

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.25.450

AS 47.25.455

AS 47.25.460