Texas Administrative Code
Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 1 - TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION
Chapter 9 - TALKING BOOK PROGRAM
Section 9.3 - Eligibility
Universal Citation: 13 TX Admin Code § 9.3
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) The following persons are eligible for the program:
(1)
persons whose visual acuity, as determined by competent authority, is 20/200 or
less in the better eye with correcting glasses, or whose widest diameter of
visual field is no greater than 20 degrees;
(2) persons whose visual disability, with
correction and regardless of optical measurement, is certified by competent
authority as preventing reading of standard printed material;
(3) persons certified by competent authority
as unable to read or unable to use standard printed materials as a result of
physical limitations;
(4) persons
certified by competent authority as having a reading disability resulting from
organic dysfunction and of sufficient severity to prevent their reading printed
material in a normal manner; and
(5) persons certified by competent authority
as having an allergy or other chemically-based reaction of sufficient severity
as to prevent their handling of printed materials in a normal
manner.
(b) The following persons are not eligible for service:
(1)
persons who are illiterate without having an eligible disability; and
(2) persons who cannot read because of an
intellectual disability or an intellectual development
disorder.
(c) All borrowers will remain eligible for service, provided they:
(1) continue to meet the requirements for
eligibility in the program;
(2) are
active borrowers; and
(3) maintain
their accounts in good standing, meaning:
(A)
borrower does not have excessive overdue, lost, or damaged materials and/or
machines;
(B) borrower has not had
account suspended for failure to follow procedures and policies as part of the
membership agreement or for failure to cooperate with the agency; and
(C) borrower has not had service suspended
for misuse of the service, as specified in §
9.11 of this title (relating to
Misuse of Service).
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