| (a) Reader services are available only to consumers
who are blind and who are receiving vocational or academic training.
(b) The consumer must use all other available reading
sources to the greatest extent possible before seeking reimbursement
from DBS for reader services.
(c) The maximum amount allowed per month for reader
services is calculated according to the number of semester hours the
consumer is taking, whether during a fall, spring, or summer semester,
and whether the consumer is an undergraduate or graduate student.
The rate of reimbursement is available from any DBS office during
business hours.
(d) DBS does not pay for reader services rendered by
a member of the consumer's family.
(e) To receive reimbursement for reader services, the
consumer must submit the information required by DBS on a prescribed
form.
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