§ 40-9-11.6. Definitions.
(a) “Licensed operator” means a person who is blind or visually impaired who has received from the state services for persons who are blind or visually impaired a license that entitles the person to operate a vending facility, receive the profits therefrom, and take responsibility for the continuous maintenance of the facility to which he or she is assigned.
(b) “Person who is blind or visually impaired” means a person whose visual acuity is found to be twenty/two hundred (20/200) or less in the better eye with best correction, or visual acuity of better than twenty/two hundred (20/200) if the widest diameter of the field of vision subtends an angle no greater than twenty (20) degrees. Blindness shall be determined by a physician skilled in the diseases of the eye, and certification thereof shall be made by the ophthalmological consultant at the state services for people who are blind or visually impaired.
(c) “State property” means any building, land, or other real property owned, leased, or occupied by any department, agency, or instrumentality wholly owned by the state, unless, with respect to any building, land, or other real property, leased or rented by the state, the lease or rental agreement shall prohibit the establishment of the vending facilities. The state shall use its best efforts to obtain permission to establish vending facilities in buildings, land, or other real property hereafter leased or rented by the state.
(d) “Vending facility” means automatic vending machines, cafeterias, snack bars, cart service, shelters, counters, and other appropriate auxiliary equipment necessary for the sale of newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, foods, beverages, and other articles or services dispensed automatically or manually and prepared on or off the premises in accordance with all applicable health laws, as determined by the state services for people who are blind or visually impaired, and including the vending or exchange of chances for any lottery authorized by state law.
History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 37, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 99; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 99.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 40-9 - Services for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Section 40-9-2. - General duties of administrator.
Section 40-9-3. - Advisory council — Appointment of members.
Section 40-9-4. - Chairperson of advisory council — Secretarial service.
Section 40-9-5. - Functions of advisory council.
Section 40-9-6. - Home instruction of people who are blind or visually impaired.
Section 40-9-8. - Proceeds of work of blind and visually impaired workers.
Section 40-9-9. - Cooperation with department of elementary and secondary education.
Section 40-9-10. - [Repealed.]
Section 40-9-10.1. - Telephone access to information programs.
Section 40-9-11. - Cooperation in federal business enterprises program.
Section 40-9-11.1. - Authorization to establish vending facilities for the blind on state property.
Section 40-9-11.2. - Validity of limitations on placement or operation.
Section 40-9-11.3. - Provision for vending machines in buildings purchased or leased by state.
Section 40-9-11.4. - Compliance with chapter.
Section 40-9-11.5. - Vending machine income.
Section 40-9-11.6. - Definitions.
Section 40-9-12. - Agreements as to business enterprises program.
Section 40-9-13. - Federal business enterprises funds.
Section 40-9-14. - Application of receipts from business enterprises program.
Section 40-9-15. - Reports of blindness of persons.
Section 40-9-16. - Immunity from liability.
Section 40-9-17. - Confidentiality of reports — Authorized uses — Penalty for disclosure.