There are in the department a division or office devoted to carrying out the provisions of this division pertaining to the services to the blind and another division or office devoted to carrying out the public social services to deaf and hearing impaired persons. The divisions or offices shall each be headed by a chief, one who is a trained social worker experienced in work for the blind, the other a trained social worker or counselor experienced in work for the deaf and hearing impaired or a person experienced in administering a deaf or hearing impaired services program. The duties of the division for the blind and its chief shall be confined to carrying
out the provisions of this division pertaining to services to the blind. The duties of the division or office for the deaf and hearing impaired shall be confined to carrying out the provision of public social services to the deaf and hearing impaired. Blindness, deafness, or hearing impairment shall not be grounds to disqualify a person from holding the position of chief of the office or division. The divisions or offices shall not be made a part of any other division, office, or subdivision of the department. The chiefs of the divisions or offices shall be directly responsible to the director.
The director through the divisions or offices may provide consultative services to county personnel administering services to the blind, deaf, or hearing impaired which shall include, but not be limited to, information concerning the various aspects of blindness, deafness, and hearing impairment and its problems and implications, the rehabilitative potential of the blind,
deaf and hearing impaired, public and private services available, employment opportunities for blind, deaf, and hearing impaired persons, and concepts in counseling blind, deaf, and hearing impaired persons.