Ill. Admin. Code tit. 23 § 3035.620

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 44, November 1, 2024

Section 3035.620 - Eligibility

a) General. Eligibility for the services of the library for the blind and physically handicapped is determined by the federal guidelines in 36 CFR 701.10(1981) and is applied to all applicants.

b) Eligibility Criteria. The following persons with print disabilities are eligible for loan service:

1) persons whose visual acuity is 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting glasses, or whose widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance not greater than 20 degrees;

2) persons whose visual disability, with correction and regardless of optical measurement, is certified as permanently or temporarily preventing the reading of standard printed material;

3) persons certified as permanently or temporarily unable to read or unable to use standard printed material as a result of physical limitations; or

4) persons certified as having a reading disability resulting from organic dysfunction and of sufficient severity to prevent their reading printed material in a normal manner.

Ill. Admin. Code tit. 23, § 3035.620

Added at 36 Ill. Reg. 12385, effective July 18, 2012