Sec. 25.4. Vocational training

(a) Vocational training is the process of providing a patient with job training through on- and off-job instructions and performance of actual work tasks designed and supervised to increase the patient's ability to work.

(b) No patient may participate in work involved in vocational training unless the facility has first obtained a Federal Labor Department certificate. This certificate is issued by the Facilities Division of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation of the New York State Education Department as an agent of the Federal Labor Department and any such participation shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the certificate.

(c) Compensation for work performed in vocational training shall be paid in accordance with the terms and conditions of the certificate.

(d) Facilities shall provide or arrange for the provision of relevant services for the mentally disabled for patients involved in vocational training as provided in this section as necessary to their total habilitation or rehabilitation.