(1) To avoid delaying or interrupting needed services, a DVR counselor may authorize or provide VR services before determining whether a comparable service or benefit, as defined in WAC 388-891A-0010(1), is available to you from, or paid for by, any other program administering or providing services or benefits, when:

(a) You are at extreme medical risk based on medical evidence provided by a qualified professional and require VR services;

(b) You will obtain an immediate job placement; or

(c) Your progress toward achieving the employment outcome identified on your individual plan for employment will be delayed or interrupted without VR services.

(2) If you receive VR services before services or benefits are available from another program, you must begin using the services and benefits from the other program when they become available to you.