Section 2. 31st July, 1993, vide Notifn. No. S.O. 288(E), dated 28th April, 1993, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3(ii)

2. 31st July, 1993, vide Notifn. No. S.O. 288(E), dated 28th April, 1993, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3(ii). 3. Subs. by Act 38 of 2000, s. 3, for clause (c) (w.e.f. 4-9-2000). 2. Definitions .—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Council appointed under sub-section (3) of section 3; (b) "Council" means the Rehabilitation Council of India constituted under section 3; 3 [(c) "handicapped" means a person suffering from any disability referred to in clause (i) of section 2 of the Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996);] 4* * * * * (f) "member" means a member appointed under sub-section (3) of section 3 and includes the Chairperson; (g) "Member-Secretary" means the Member-Secretary appointed under sub-section (1) of section 8; (h) "mental retardation" means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person which is specially characterised by sub-normality of intelligence; (i) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (j) "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations; (k) "recognised rehabilitation qualifications" means any of the qualifications included in the Schedule; (l) "Register" means the Central Rehabilitation Register maintained under sub-section (1) of section 23; (m) "regulations" means regulations made under this Act; 5 [(ma) "rehabilitation" refers to a process aimed at enabling persons with disabilities to reach and maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, psychiatric or social functional levels;] (n) "rehabilitation professionals" means— (i) audiologists and speech therapists; (ii) clinical psychologists; (iii) hearing aid and ear mould technicians; 1. Subs. by Act 38 of 2000, s. 2, for "the training of rehabilitation professionals and" (w.e.f. 4-9-2000). 2. In the absence of the statutory powers, the Council is finding it difficult to enforce standards of training and to regulate the functioning of the rehabilitation professionals. The Rehabilitation Council is proposed to be vested with statutory power to prescribe norms and standards for the rehabilitation professionals and to regulate their training.