---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.380"
title: "38"
number: "21.380"
heading: "Establishment of qualifications for personnel providing assistance under Chapter 31."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.380"
---

# §21.380. Establishment of qualifications for personnel providing assistance under Chapter 31.

- (a) **General.** Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, VA shall establish qualification standards for VBA personnel providing evaluation, rehabilitation, and case management services to eligible veterans under chapter 31, including:
  - (1) Counseling Psychologists (CP) or Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors (VRC);
  - (2) Vocational rehabilitation specialists; and
  - (3) **Other staff providing professional and technical assistance.**
- (b) **Rehabilitation Act of 1973.** VA shall consider qualification standards established for comparable personnel under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, when setting agency standards.

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 81 FR 26132, May 2, 2016]

### 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.

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 81 FR 26132, May 2, 2016]