---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.146"
title: "38"
number: "21.146"
heading: "Independent instructor course."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.146"
---

# §21.146. Independent instructor course.

- (a) **Definition.** An independent instructor course is a full-time course of vocational training which the veteran pursues with an individual instructor, who, independently of a training institution or on-job training establishment, furnishes and conducts a vocational course at a suitable place of training.
- (b) **Limitations on including an independent instructor course in a rehabilitation plan.** A veteran and his or her case manager may include an independent instructor course in a rehabilitation plan, other than one involving a farm cooperative program, only when either or both of the following conditions exist:
  - (1) Training is not available through an established school, on-job training establishment, rehabilitation facility or sheltered workshop within a reasonable commuting distance from the veteran's home; or
  - (2) The veteran's condition or other circumstances do not permit the veteran to attend an otherwise suitable facility within commuting distance. See [§ 21.126](/cfr/38/21.126.md).
- (c) **Training in the home.** Training in the home is a specialized type of independent instructor course which the veteran pursues in his or her home if:
  - (1) He or she is unable to pursue training at an otherwise suitable facility because of the effects of his or her disability;
  - (2) Based on proper medical opinion, the veteran is able to pursue the prescribed training; and
  - (3) **The veteran's home provides a favorable educational environment with adequate work and study space.**
- (d) **Planning an individual instructor course.** The case manager, the veteran, and the instructor should jointly plan the training program for a veteran for whom an independent instructor course is prescribed.
- (e) **Assuring employment.** Since the customary channels leading to employment may not be readily available to a veteran requiring an individual instructor course, the IEAP (Individual Employment Assistance Plan) shall indicate thorough consideration of plans and prospects for seeking and obtaining employment, including self-employment, upon completion of training.
- (f) **Rate of pursuit.** A veteran in an independent instructor program shall pursue training at a rate comparable to the rate at which similar training is pursued on an institutional basis, unless the veteran's work tolerance is reduced by the effects of his or her disability.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 18, 31, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, unless otherwise noted.