Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 53 > Chapter 7 > Part 3 - Vocational Rehabilitation of the Blind

• Blindness: means a visual disability in which:

  (i)a person's central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses; or

  (ii)a person's visual field at the widest diameter subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees. See Montana Code 53-7-301

• Customary: means according to usage. See Montana Code 1-1-206
• Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 53-7-301
• Independent living: means control over one's life based upon a choice between acceptable options in a manner that minimizes reliance upon others for making decisions and conducting activities of daily living. See Montana Code 53-7-301
• Low vision: means a visual impairment that, even with correction, remains so severe as to make performance of daily tasks difficult. See Montana Code 53-7-301
• Maintenance: means money payments made in accordance with 53-7-310. See Montana Code 53-7-301
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Person with a disability: means the same as "individual with a disability" as defined in the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U. See Montana Code 53-7-301
• Physical restoration: means any medical, surgical, or therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially reduce an impediment to employment caused by blindness or low vision within a reasonable length of time, including but not limited to medical, psychiatric, dental, and surgical treatment, nursing services, hospital care, convalescent care, drugs, medical and surgical supplies, and prosthetic appliances. See Montana Code 53-7-301
• Rehabilitation engineering: means the systematic application of technologies, engineering methodologies, or scientific principles to meet the needs of and address the barriers confronted by persons with blindness or low vision. See Montana Code 53-7-301
• Rehabilitation plan: means a plan, developed with the participation of the recipient, for providing services to assist a person with blindness or low vision to become independent and productive or employable. See Montana Code 53-7-301
• Rehabilitation training: means training provided to a person with blindness or low vision to overcome the person's impediment to employment, including but not limited to manual, preconditioning, prevocational, vocational, and supplementary training and training provided for the purpose of achieving broader or more remunerative skills and capacities. See Montana Code 53-7-301
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Vocational rehabilitation: means the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to a person with blindness or low vision to enable the person to the extent possible to become independent and productive or employable. See Montana Code 53-7-301
• Vocational rehabilitation services: means the following services: medical diagnosis, vocational guidance, vocational counseling, vocational placement, rehabilitation training, rehabilitation engineering, physical restoration, transportation, occupational licenses, customary occupational tools and equipment, maintenance, training books and materials, group facilities, family services, followup services, and any other goods and services provided for by rule and that the department determines to be necessary to rehabilitate the person. See Montana Code 53-7-301