§ 12-7-2-21 — "Blind"

Indiana § 12-7-2-21

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 7: GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
• Ch. 2: Definitions

Text

"Blind" means the following:
(1) For purposes of the following statutes, the term refers to an
individual who has vision in the better eye with correcting glasses
of 20/200 or less, or a disqualifying visual field defect as
determined upon examination by an ophthalmologist or
optometrist who has been designated to make such examinations
by the county office and approved by the division of family
resources or by the division in the manner provided in any of the
following statutes:
(A) IC 12-10-6.
(B) IC 12-13.
(C) IC 12-14.
(D) IC 12-15.
(E) IC 12-19.
(2) For purposes of the following statutes, the term refers to an
individual who has a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the
individual's better eye with the best correction or a field of vision
that is not greater than twenty (20) degrees at its widest diameter:
(A) IC 12-12-1.
(B) IC 12-12-3.
(C) IC 12-12-5.
(D) IC 12-12-6.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citations: subdivision (1) formerly
12-1-1-1(m); subdivision (2) formerly 4-28-10-1.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.17; P.L.5-1993, SEC.30; P.L.49-1997, SEC.41; P.L.272-1999, SEC.9; P.L.145-2006, SEC.34; P.L.32-2021, SEC.24.