The state of Minnesota shall encourage and enable people who are blind, or people with a visual or physical disability to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in remunerative employment. People who are blind, or people with a visual or physical disability shall be employed by the state, its political subdivisions, the public schools, and in all other employment supported in whole or in part by public funds on the same terms and conditions as the able-bodied, unless it is shown that the particular disability prevents the performance of the work involved.
1969 c 900 s 1; 1971 c 70 s 3; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2017 c 40 art 1 s 121
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities
Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities
Section 256C.02 — Public Accommodations.
Section 256C.025 — Housing Accommodations.
Section 256C.03 — Blind Or Deaf Pedestrians; Civil Liability.
Section 256C.04 — Proclamation By Governor.
Section 256C.21 — Deaf And Hard-of-hearing Services Act; Citation.
Section 256C.23 — Definitions.
Section 256C.233 — Duties Of State Agencies.
Section 256C.24 — Regional Service Centers.
Section 256C.26 — Employment Services.
Section 256C.261 — Services For Persons Who Are Deafblind.
Section 256C.28 — Commission Of The Deaf, Deafblind And Hard Of Hearing.