California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC |
Division 10. STATE DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION |
Part 2. REHABILITATION SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND FACILITIES |
Chapter 2. Definitions |
Section 19153.
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The term, "blind person" means either a person who has not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye after correction, or a person who has visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees. Such blindness shall be certified by a licensed physician and surgeon who specializes in diseases of the eye or a licensed optometrist.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 261, Sec. 2.)