Section 178.900 - DefinitionsFor the purposes of sections 178.900 to 178.960 the following words mean:
(1)"Department", the department of elementary and secondary education;(2)"Disabled persons", a lower range educable or upper range trainable developmentally disabled or other disabled person sixteen years of age or over who has had school training and has a productive work capacity in a sheltered environment adapted to the abilities of persons with a developmental disability but whose limited capabilities make him or her nonemployable in competitive business and industry and unsuited for vocational rehabilitation training;(3)"Sheltered workshop", an occupation-oriented facility operated by a not-for-profit corporation, which, except for its staff, employs only persons with disabilities and has a minimum enrollment of at least fifteen employable persons with disabilities;(4)"Staff", employees of a sheltered workshop engaged in management, work procurement, purchasing, supervision, sales, bookkeeping, and secretarial and clerical functions.L. 1965 p. 309 § 1, A.L. 2011H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648