Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 426 - Persons With Disabilities
NRS 426.520 - "Person who is blind" further defined.

"Person who is blind" means a person who:
1. Is described in NRS 426.082; and
2. Has a loss or impairment of eyesight which constitutes a substantial impediment to employment for which vocational rehabilitation services:
(a) May reasonably be expected to prepare the person to engage in competitive integrated employment which is consistent with the abilities of the person; or
(b) Are necessary to determine the rehabilitation potential of the person.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 781; A 1959, 148; 1963, 920; 1965, 771; 1967, 1162; 1973, 1388; 1981, 1917; 2005, 114; 2017, 260)

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Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 426 - Persons With Disabilities

NRS 426.010 - Purposes of chapter.

NRS 426.020 - Liberal construction.

NRS 426.031 - Definitions.

NRS 426.045 - "Bureau" defined.

NRS 426.061 - "Department" defined.

NRS 426.065 - "Director" defined.

NRS 426.068 - "Disability" defined.

NRS 426.071 - "Division" defined.

NRS 426.082 - "Person who is blind" defined.

NRS 426.084 - "Person who is deaf" defined.

NRS 426.097 - "Service animal" defined.

NRS 426.099 - "Service animal in training" defined.

NRS 426.401 - Definitions.

NRS 426.411 - "Department" defined.

NRS 426.421 - "Expedited service permit" defined.

NRS 426.431 - "Person with a permanent disability" defined.

NRS 426.441 - Application; issuance; requirements; review of eligibility; fee; regulations.

NRS 426.451 - Presentation to officer or employee of state agency; duty of officer or employee to provide expedited services.

NRS 426.461 - Unlawful acts; penalty.

NRS 426.510 - Restrictions on use of service animal and white or metallic cane; duties of pedestrian; penalty.

NRS 426.515 - Failure to carry white or metallic cane or use service animal as evidence of contributory negligence in action against common carrier or place of public accommodation.

NRS 426.517 - Purposes of provisions.

NRS 426.518 - Definitions.

NRS 426.519 - "Administrator" defined.

NRS 426.5192 - "Competitive integrated employment" defined.

NRS 426.520 - "Person who is blind" further defined.

NRS 426.523 - "Substantial impediment to employment" defined.

NRS 426.526 - "Vocational rehabilitation services" defined.

NRS 426.531 - Administration by Department.

NRS 426.550 - Administrator as head of Bureau; powers and duties of Bureau.

NRS 426.555 - Administrator to prepare required reports.

NRS 426.560 - Regulations.

NRS 426.561 - Authority of Division to adopt, amend and repeal policies; public meeting required.

NRS 426.563 - Costs of administration.

NRS 426.567 - State Grant and Gift Account for Persons Who Are Blind.

NRS 426.570 - Employees.

NRS 426.573 - Confidentiality of information concerning applicant for or recipient of services; exceptions; penalty.

NRS 426.575 - Payment of allowance for maintenance to trainee in advance.

NRS 426.590 - Bureau as licensing agency under federal law.

NRS 426.600 - Denial of services prohibited; exceptions.

NRS 426.610 - Fair hearing before hearing officer; judicial review.

NRS 426.630 - Definitions.

NRS 426.640 - Operation of vending facilities by licensees; priority of right in or on certain public buildings or properties; waiver of priority.

NRS 426.650 - Notice to Bureau by public entity of location of and license, permit and lease for any vending facility.

NRS 426.660 - Acquisition, construction, remodeling or improvement of public building: Planning for vending facility.

NRS 426.665 - Construction of building by Bureau; approval of Legislature.

NRS 426.670 - Powers and duties of Bureau relating to Program; regulations; powers and duties of public entity that has care, custody or control of certain public buildings or property relating to Program; conflicting contractual provisions void.

NRS 426.672 - Powers and duties of Bureau concerning training.

NRS 426.675 - Business Enterprise Account for Persons Who Are Blind.

NRS 426.677 - Management of money received from vending facility when licensee unavailable or temporarily unable to operate facility.

NRS 426.680 - Review of recommendation of Bureau if agency rejects establishment of vending stand.

NRS 426.685 - Establishment of vending facility in or on building or property that is not public building or property; owner of building may enter into contract requiring incentive pay.

NRS 426.690 - Limitation on commodities, articles and services sold at vending facility.

NRS 426.695 - Operator of vending facility may keep service animal on premises.

NRS 426.700 - Applicability of laws and ordinances to licensee operating vending facility.

NRS 426.710 - Management of operations of Program by nonprofit organization.

NRS 426.713 - Resolution of certain disputes relating to Program: Complaint; hearing; judicial review of decision of hearing officer.

NRS 426.715 - Penalty for unlawful sale, solicitation or delivery of certain commodities in or on public building or property; exemptions.

NRS 426.720 - Applicability of provisions to operators of vending stands.

NRS 426.721 - Definitions.

NRS 426.723 - "Minimum essential personal assistance" defined.

NRS 426.7235 - "Nevada Commission on Services for Persons with Disabilities" defined.

NRS 426.724 - "Reasonably adequate state funding" defined.

NRS 426.725 - "Recipient" defined.

NRS 426.726 - "Severe functional disability" defined.

NRS 426.727 - "State personal assistance program" defined.

NRS 426.728 - State personal assistance programs required to make services available.

NRS 426.729 - Duties of Director of Department of Health and Human Services.

NRS 426.740 - Refueling of vehicle for driver with physical disability; charging greater price for fuel prohibited; exception; penalty.

NRS 426.790 - Unlawfully interfering with or allowing dog or other animal to interfere with use of service animal or service animal in training; unlawfully beating or killing service animal or service animal in training; penalties.

NRS 426.800 - Fraudulent acts: Penalty; presumption.

NRS 426.805 - Fraudulent misrepresentation of animal as service animal or service animal in training unlawful; penalty.

NRS 426.810 - Allowing dog or other animal to injure or kill service animal or service animal in training unlawful; allowing dog or other animal to endanger or injure person accompanied by service animal or service animal in training unlawful; penalt...

NRS 426.820 - Civil liability for engaging in certain prohibited acts concerning service animals or service animals in training.