Nevada § 483.790 - Definitions

Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 483.790 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 483.790. Definitions

As used in NRS 483.800 : 1. “Person who is blind” means any person whose visual acuity with correcting lenses

does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye, or whose vision in the better eye is restricted

to a field which subtends an angle of not greater than 20°. 2. “Person who is night-blind” means a person afflicted with nyctalopia. 3. “Person who is severely visually impaired” means any person whose visual acuity

with correcting lenses does not exceed 20/70 in the better eye, or whose vision in

the better eye is restricted to a field which subtends an angle of not greater than

30°, or whose vision is impaired to such an extent that it materially limits, contributes

to limiting or, if not corrected, will probably result in limiting the individual's

activities of functioning.

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