111-14. Application for benefits under Article; investigation and award by county commissioners.
Any person claiming benefits under this Article shall file with the commissioners of the county in which he or she is residing an application in writing, in duplicate, upon forms prescribed by the Department of Health and Human Services. This application shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by a reputable physician licensed to practice medicine in the State who is actively engaged in the treatment of diseases of the human eye or by an optometrist, whichever the individual may select, stating that the applicant is blind. This application may be made on the behalf of any blind person by the Department of Health and Human Services or by any other person. The board of county commissioners shall cause an investigation to be made by a qualified person designated as its agent for this purpose and shall pass upon the application without delay, determine the eligibility of the applicant, and allow or disallow the relief sought. In passing upon the application, the board of county commissioners may take into consideration the facts set forth in the application and any other facts that are deemed necessary, and may at any time require an additional examination of the applicant's eyes by an ophthalmologist designated by the Department of Health and Human Services. When satisfied with the merits of the application, the board of county commissioners shall allow the application and grant to the applicant any proper relief according to the rules established by the Commission for the Blind. (1937, c. 124, s. 3; 1939, c. 124; 1951, c. 319, s. 1; 1957, c. 674; 1973, c. 476, s. 143; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2000-121, s. 12.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 111 - Aid to the Blind
§ 111-13 - Administration of assistance; objective standards for personnel; rules and regulations.
§ 111-14 - Application for benefits under Article; investigation and award by county commissioners.
§ 111-15 - Eligibility for relief.
§ 111-16 - Application for aid; notice of award; review.
§ 111-17 - Amount and payment of assistance; source of funds.
§ 111-18.1 - Award and assistance checks payable to decedents.
§ 111-19 - Intercounty transfer of recipients.
§ 111-20 - Awards subject to reopening upon change in condition.
§ 111-21 - Disqualifications for relief.
§ 111-22 - Beneficiaries not deemed paupers.
§ 111-23 - Misrepresentation or fraud in obtaining assistance.
§ 111-24 - Cooperation with federal departments or agencies; grants from federal government.
§ 111-25 - Acceptance and use of federal aid.
§ 111-26 - Termination of federal aid.
§ 111-27.2 - Blind vending-stand operators; retirement benefits.
§ 111-30 - Personal representatives for certain recipients of aid to the blind.
§ 111-31 - Courts for purposes of §§ 111-30 to 111-33; records.
§ 111-32 - Findings under § 111-30 not competent as evidence in other proceedings.
§ 111-33 - Sections 111-30 to are not to affect provisions for payments for minors.