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Rehabilitation Department

British  

noun

  1. Often shortened to: rehab.  a government department set up after World War II to assist ex-servicemen

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So many doctors left that she tried for the first time to recruit nurses to complete medical evaluations, according to March 2021 minutes of the state Vocational Rehabilitation Department, the disability division’s parent agency.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2022

Berry was booked into the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department on Sunday and was released that day.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2021

"Fredzia reacted strangely when she saw Erna's body. She was really excited," Dr Agnieszka Czujkowska, head of the zoo's Animal Rehabilitation Department, told the BBC.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2020

Brown ordered the state Corrections and Rehabilitation Department in April 2012 to come up with a new execution method after courts found problems with the state’s previous three-drug protocol.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2015

The firefighting force includes nearly 700 specially trained California prison inmates who work on ground crews building containment lines and as camp cooks, state Corrections and Rehabilitation Department spokeswoman Dana Simas said.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2013