460 IAC 14-19-14 - Limits on vehicle modification services
Authority: IC 12-8-8.5-4; IC 12-9-2-3; IC 12-9-5-1; IC 12-9-5-3
Affected: IC 12-9-5; IC 12-12-1
Sec. 14.
The VR program shall not pay for the following:
(1) The modification of any vehicle:
(A) of which the eligible individual or a
family member of the individual is not the titled owner;
(B) that is more than ten (10) years old or
has more than one hundred thousand (100,000) miles on the odometer, except if
permitted by the counselor based on the premodification vehicle inspection;
or
(C) that is not the eligible
individual's primary means of transportation.
(2) The modification of any secondary vehicle
for the eligible individual's use.
(3) The purchase, installation, maintenance,
repair, replacement, modification, or transfer of duplicate adaptive equipment
or systems.
(4) The modification of
any vehicle based on information obtained from a vehicle modification
evaluation or a premodification vehicle inspection to be:
(A) unfit for the necessary and appropriate
vehicle modifications; or
(B) not
modifiable in a manner consistent with section 7 of this rule.
(5) For any of the cost of vehicle
repairs undertaken by the eligible individual or vehicle owner required to make
the vehicle fit for vehicle modifications.
(6) Additional modifications requested within
three (3) years of the last vehicle modification provided, unless the vehicle
modification is required due to a substantial change in the eligible
individual's vocational rehabilitation needs.
(7) Vehicle modifications for any eligible
individual who has failed to satisfy any of the requirements of this
rule.
(8) Any of the ordinary and
ongoing costs of vehicle ownership and operation.
(9) Any equipment, modification, or service
that is not specifically related to an eligible individual's vocational
rehabilitation needs for transportation.
(10) The installation, maintenance, repair,
replacement, repositioning, relocation, or transfer of any equipment that has
not been certified in accordance with the federal Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (49 CFR Part 595).
(11) The cost of any repair or replacement
that is covered under warranties or insurance.
(12) Retrofitting any vehicle with standard
or optional equipment or features available to the general public at time of
purchase, except if it is necessary for the eligible individual's vocational
rehabilitation needs.
(13)
Repositioning or relocating existing adaptive equipment in the same vehicle or
transferring the existing equipment from one (1) vehicle to another for the
same eligible individual, except when such vehicle modification complies with
the requirements of this rule.
(14)
The removal of adaptive equipment, reversal of other modifications, or other
restoration of any vehicle after vehicle modification services have been
provided.
Notes
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