Definitions.
Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-202
in effectAs used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Blind”, for the purposes of qualification for appointment as a member of the Board of the Division of State Services for the Blind within the Department of Commerce, means a person having not more than twenty/two hundred (20/200) visual acuity in the better eye with corrective lenses, or visual acuity greater than twenty/two hundred (20/200), but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle of no greater than twenty degrees (20°); and
(2) “ Visual impairments”, as a term, shall be defined by rules of the board, and the board shall have sole and exclusive authority to define and determine whether any individual is “blind” or an individual with “ visual impairments” for purposes of determining eligibility to participate in government programs under this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas General Assembly, Acts of 2021-2026 (arkleg.state.ar.us)URL: https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=503.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023RFetched: 11/8/2026