No goods or articles made in this or any other state may be displayed, advertised, offered for sale or sold in this Commonwealth upon a representation that the same are made by blind persons unless the same are identified as such by label, imprint, stamp or symbol, and no such goods or articles may be so identified unless at least seventy-five per centum of the total hours of direct labor of producing such goods or articles shall have been performed by a blind person or persons.
Code 1950, § 63-204.27; 1966, c. 169; 1968, c. 578, § 63.1-168; 2002, c. 747.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 51.5 - Persons with Disabilities
Chapter 12 - Persons Who Are Blind and Vision Impaired
§ 51.5-62. Powers and duties of Board; form of materials
§ 51.5-63. Board to administer institutional fund
§ 51.5-64. Commissioner of Department; personnel
§ 51.5-65. Functions, duties and powers of Commissioner
§ 51.5-66. Authority to receive grants-in-aid and gifts
§ 51.5-67. Donation of equipment
§ 51.5-70. Establishment of standards of personnel and service
§ 51.5-71. State Rehabilitation Council for the Blind and Vision Impaired created
§ 51.5-72. Establishment of rehabilitative manufacturing and service industries; expenditures
§ 51.5-72.1. The State Advisory Board for the Virginia Industries for the Blind
§ 51.5-73. Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired; operation and maintenance
§ 51.5-76. Cooperation with other state agencies
§ 51.5-77. Cooperation with federal agencies
§ 51.5-78. Operation by Department
§ 51.5-79. Operation by blind persons
§ 51.5-80. Contract with nominee to provide equipment and merchandise
§ 51.5-81. Contract with nominee to furnish services
§ 51.5-82. Contracts with federal agencies for installation and supervision
§ 51.5-83. Surveys of business enterprise opportunities
§ 51.5-84. Licensure of blind adult residents as operators
§ 51.5-85. Selection of location and operator of enterprise; supervision
§ 51.5-86. Other general duties of the Department
§ 51.5-87. Revocation of privilege to operate enterprise
§ 51.5-88. Selection of location and type of enterprise with approval of custodian
§ 51.5-90. Providing blind persons with equipment and merchandise
§ 51.5-91. Ownership of vending stands and other equipment
§ 51.5-93. Requiring nominee to comply with provisions
§ 51.5-94. Suspension of nominee; continued operation of program
§ 51.5-95. Regulations for administration of article
§ 51.5-96. Requiring performance of duties by officers and employees
§ 51.5-97. Funds set aside from proceeds of business enterprises
§ 51.5-98. Exemption from taxation; collection and remittance of sales and meals taxes
§ 51.5-100. Operation of vending machines at rest areas on interstate highways
§ 51.5-103. How goods made by blind persons to be stamped or labeled
§ 51.5-104. Use of words "State," "Commonwealth," or "Virginia."