---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 725.719"
title: "20"
number: "725.719"
heading: "What is the objective of vocational rehabilitation?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/725.719"
---

# §725.719. What is the objective of vocational rehabilitation?


The objective of vocational rehabilitation is the return of a miner who is totally disabled by pneumoconiosis to gainful employment commensurate with such miner's physical impairment. This objective may be achieved through a program of re-evaluation and redirection of the miner's abilities, or retraining in another occupation, and selective job placement assistance.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 83 FR 27695, June 14, 2018, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 902(f), 921, 932, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 405; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 80054, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.