North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 63 - SERVICES FOR THE BLIND
Subchapter E - INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES
Section .0100 - ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES
Section 63E .0102 - ELIGIBILITY BASED ON VISION LOSS

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 63E .0102

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

The following categories show the level of vision loss which must exist in order for a person to meet the definition of visually impaired or blind for the purpose of being served by the social worker for the blind:

(1) legally blind; or

(2) persons with best corrected central visual acuity of 20/70 or less in the better eye; or

(3) persons with one or both of the following conditions:

(a) the presence of chronic, progressive eye pathology;

(b) visual acuity better than 20/70 which nevertheless results in a vocational or functional handicap.

Authority G.S. 111-11; 111-28; 42 U.S.C. 1397;
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Readopted Eff. November 16, 1977;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2002;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. November 23, 2015.

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