The following definitions apply to the rules of the department
for the blind:
"Blind" or"blindness," except
as applicable to the business enterprises program, refers to the condition of
an individual who meets one or more of the following criteria:
(1) vision not more than 20/200 central
visual acuity in the better eye, with ordinary corrective lenses, or a field
defect in which the peripheral field has contracted to an extent that the
widest diameter of visual field subtends to an angular distance of not greater
than 20 degrees;
(2) a combination
of loss of visual acuity and loss of visual field which imposes an employment
handicap which is substantially that of a blind person;
(3) medical prognosis indicating a
progressive loss of sight which will terminate in the condition described in
criteria one; or
(4) a visual
impairment which by agreement of the division of vocational rehabilitation
services of the Iowa department of education and the department is such that
the individual can be best served by the department.
"Commission " means the three-member statutory
commission for the blind.
"Dangerous weapon " means any instrument or
device designed primarily for use in inflicting death or injury upon a human
being or animal, and which is capable of inflicting death upon a human being
when used in the manner for which it was designed. Additionally, any instrument
or device of any sort whatsoever which is actually used in such a manner as to
indicate that the person possessing the instrument or device intends to inflict
death or serious injury upon the other, and which, when so used, is capable of
inflicting death upon a human being, is a dangerous weapon. Dangerous weapons
include, but are not limited to, any offensive weapon as defined in Iowa Code
section
724.1, pistol,
revolver, or other firearm, dagger, razor, stiletto, switchblade knife, or
knife having a blade exceeding five inches in length.
"Department" means the department for the
blind. The department is the state licensing agency for vending facilities
under the Randolph-Sheppard Act.
"Director " means the director of the
department for the blind.
"Division " means one of the four principal
subunits of the department for the blind.
"Extreme medical risk" means a risk of
substantially increasing functional impairment or risk of death if medical
services are not expeditiously provided.
"Facilities" means the premises at 524 Fourth
Street, Des Moines, Iowa, and any other space occupied by the department for
the blind.
"Program administrator " means the chief of
each of the four divisions of the department for the blind.
"Public " means a person who is not employed
by the state of Iowa.
"Staff" means individuals employed by the
department for the blind.
"State " means the state of
Iowa.
