Minnesota Administrative Rules

3321.0200 SELECTION OF LICENSED BLIND VENDORS.

The selection of licensed blind vendors must be made on an objective basis, including a thorough evaluation of the following: experience, training, former vocations, education, and other factors that relate to job requirements. Preference must be given to blind persons who are in need of employment. The following specific requirements must also be adhered to in selecting licensed blind vendors. Blind persons selected as licensed blind vendors must:

A.

be determined, after examination by a physician skilled in diseases of the eye or by an optometrist, whomever blind persons select, to have:

(1)

not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses; or

(2)

an equally disabling loss of the visual field as evidenced by a limitation to the field of vision in the better eye to such a degree that its evident diameter subtends an angle of no greater than 20 degrees;

B.

be citizens of the United States; and

C.

be certified as qualified for the operation of a business enterprise through objective evaluation and testing by the business enterprises program staff of the state licensing agency.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 248.07

History:

L 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; L 1985 1Sp14 art 9 s 12; L 1994 c 483 s 1; L 2005 c 112 art 2 s 41; 37 SR 939

Published Electronically:

January 14, 2013