Current through September 2, 2024
Section 15.02.01.010 - DEFINITIONS01.Blind or Visually Impaired. A person whose visual acuity with correcting lenses is not better than twenty/two hundred (20/200) in the better eye; or a person whose vision in the better eye is restricted to a field which subtends an angle of not greater than twenty (20) degrees; or a person who is functionally blind; or a person who is without any sight.02.Commission. Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.03.Comparable Benefits and Services. Any benefit or service that exists under any other programs that is available to the client. Examples are, but not limited to, Medicaid, Medicare, private health insurance, and medical indigence programs for medication.04.Functionally Blind. A person with a visual impairment that constitutes or results in a substantial impediment to employment or substantially limits one (1) or more major life activities. This is determined by a qualified, rehabilitation professional, not a physician.05.Immediate Danger of Blindness. The status of an individual or client who is in danger of becoming blind or visually impaired within two (2) years.06.Independent Living Services. Services that reduce the impact of functional limitations on the ability of a client to achieve independence in the home or community.07.Most Significant Disability. Meets the criteria as Significant Disability as found in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and defined in 34 CFR 361.5(c)(29), and is further defined as: Having a severe physical, mental, cognitive, or sensory impairment that seriously limits four (4) or more functional capacities (such as mobility, communication, self-care, self-direction, interpersonal skills, work tolerance or work skills) in terms of an employment outcome, and whose vocational rehabilitation can be expected to require multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended period of time.08.Prevention of Blindness and Sight Restoration Services. Treatment or surgery to prevent blindness or restore vision to clients without financial resources to procure such services for themselves.09.Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Service or Services. Services that reduce the impact of functional limitations on the ability of a client to achieve an employment outcome and are offered on a statewide basis to individuals who are blind or visually impaired or functionally blind, subject to eligibility.Idaho Admin. Code r. 15.02.01.010