N.J. Admin. Code § 10:91-1.3

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 10:91-1.3 - General purpose and scope of services

(a) The New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired is mandated by a 1910 State law, N.J.S.A. 30:6-1, which states it, "shall provide all means which it deems feasible for ameliorating the condition of the blind and visually impaired."

(b) The Commission defines its mission as promoting and providing services in the areas of education, employment, independence and eye health through informed choice and partnership with persons who are blind or visually impaired, their families and the community.

(c) The Commission recognizes two major thrusts in carrying out this mission, which are:

1. Providing client services to persons (that is, children and adults) with vision problems; and

2. Advocating on a local, State and national level.

(d) The Commission seeks to provide or insure access to those services which will enable clients to obtain their fullest measure of self-reliance, to improve their quality of life, and to be treated with dignity and worth as individuals and fully included members of their community.

(e) To achieve its mission, the Commission has established the following goals:

1. Independent Living Goal: The Commission shall provide the opportunity to persons (that is, children and adults) who are blind or visually impaired to achieve their maximum level of independence and productive functioning in the most appropriate and inclusive setting.

2. Prevention Goal: Because 50 percent of all blindness and loss of vision can be prevented or minimized, the Commission shall use its resources to publicize, maximize, and coordinate efforts to conduct programs of education and detection to prevent blindness, to retain or restore vision, and to increase public awareness of the causes and treatment of vision loss.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:91-1.3

Amended by R.2001 d.349, effective 10/1/2001.
See: 33 New Jersey Register 2066(a), 33 New Jersey Register 3449(a).
Rewrote (b).