§ 3118. — Personnel training, development, and qualifications.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 38USC3118]
TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
CHAPTER 31--TRAINING AND REHABILITATION FOR VETERANS WITH SERVICE-
CONNECTED DISABILITIES
Sec. 3118. Personnel training, development, and qualifications
(a) The Secretary shall provide a program of ongoing professional
training and development for Department of Veterans Affairs counseling
and rehabilitation personnel engaged in providing rehabilitation
services under this chapter. The objective of such training shall be to
insure that rehabilitation services for disabled veterans are provided
in accordance with the most advanced knowledge, methods, and techniques
available for the rehabilitation of handicapped persons. For this
purpose, the Secretary may employ the services of consultants and may
make grants to and contract with public or private agencies (including
institutions of higher learning) to conduct such training and
development.
(b) The Secretary shall coordinate with the Commissioner of the
Rehabilitation Services Administration in the Department of Education
and the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment in the Department
of Labor in planning and carrying out personnel training in areas of
mutual programmatic concern.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall
establish such qualifications for personnel providing evaluation and
rehabilitation services to veterans under this chapter and for employees
performing the functions described in section 3106(f) of this title as
the Secretary determines are necessary and appropriate to insure the
quality of rehabilitation programs under this chapter. In establishing
such qualifications, the Secretary shall take into account the
qualifications established for comparable personnel under the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. ch. 16).
(Added Pub. L. 96-466, title I, Sec. 101(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat.
2184, Sec. 1518; amended Pub. L. 101-237, title IV, Sec. 423(b)(1), Dec.
18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; renumbered Sec. 3118 and amended Pub. L. 102-
83, Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 104-275,
title I, Sec. 101(f)(2)(C), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3325.)
References in Text
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. ch. 16), referred to in
subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 93-112, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 355, as
amended, which is classified generally to chapter 16 (Sec. 701 et seq.)
of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see Short Title note set out under section 701 of Title 29 and Tables.
Prior Provisions
Prior section 3118 was renumbered section 5318 of this title.
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-275 substituted ``3106(f)'' for
``3106(e)''.
1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 1518 of this
title as this section.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted ``3106(e)''
for ``1506(e)''.
1989--Pub. L. 101-237 substituted ``Secretary'' and ``Department of
Veterans Affairs'' for ``Administrator'' and ``Veterans'
Administration'', respectively, wherever appearing.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1980, see section 802(a)(2) of Pub. L. 96-
466, set out as a note under section 3100 of this title.
