Del. Code tit. 31 § 2101

Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 494

Section 2101 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Department" means the Department of Health and Social Services.

( ) "Division" means the Division for the Visually Impaired under § 7929 of Title 29, a division of the Department of Health and Social Services.

(2) "Person with blindness" means an individual with total blindness or visual acuity of not more than 20/200 in the better-seeing eye with best conventional correction or whose vision is limited in field so that the widest diameter subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.

( ) "Person with visual impairment" means an individual who has a visual acuity of not more than 20/70 to 20/200 in the better-seeing eye with the best conventional correction.

31 Del. C. § 2101

Amended by Laws 2021, ch. 455,s 6, eff. 10/7/2022.

Amended by Laws 2021, ch. 455,s 5, eff. 10/7/2022.

Code 1935, § 3050A; 46 Del. Laws, c. 88; 31 Del. C. 1953, § 2101; 57 Del. Laws, c. 591, § 37; 78 Del. Laws, c. 179, § 326.;