New Hampshire Revised Statutes 186-B:4 – Aid to the Blind
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The department of education shall furnish aid to the blind of the state, as follows:
I. The blind services program, bureau of vocational rehabilitation, shall prepare and maintain a register of the blind in the state, which shall describe their condition, cause of blindness, capacity for education and industrial training, and such other data as deemed appropriate.
II. The blind services program, bureau of vocational rehabilitation, shall provide information and industrial aid for the blind, and for this purpose may furnish materials and tools to any blind person. The bureau may assist blind persons engaged in home industries in marketing their products, in finding employment, and in developing home industries. The bureau may ameliorate the condition of the blind by devising means to facilitate the circulation of books, by promoting visits among the aged or helpless blind in their homes, and by such other methods as are expedient. However, the bureau shall not undertake the permanent support or maintenance of any blind person.
III. The blind services program, bureau of vocational rehabilitation, shall furnish assistance to such blind persons, in such amounts and at such asylums, schools, or other institutions designed for the purpose of industrial aid to the blind as the department of education directs.
IV. The commissioner of education at the commissioner’s discretion may contribute to the support of the blind persons from New Hampshire receiving instruction in industrial institutions outside the state.
V. The commissioner of education with approval of the state board may appoint other officials and agents necessary to assist in carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter, subject to rules of the division of personnel.
I. The blind services program, bureau of vocational rehabilitation, shall prepare and maintain a register of the blind in the state, which shall describe their condition, cause of blindness, capacity for education and industrial training, and such other data as deemed appropriate.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 186-B:4
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
II. The blind services program, bureau of vocational rehabilitation, shall provide information and industrial aid for the blind, and for this purpose may furnish materials and tools to any blind person. The bureau may assist blind persons engaged in home industries in marketing their products, in finding employment, and in developing home industries. The bureau may ameliorate the condition of the blind by devising means to facilitate the circulation of books, by promoting visits among the aged or helpless blind in their homes, and by such other methods as are expedient. However, the bureau shall not undertake the permanent support or maintenance of any blind person.
III. The blind services program, bureau of vocational rehabilitation, shall furnish assistance to such blind persons, in such amounts and at such asylums, schools, or other institutions designed for the purpose of industrial aid to the blind as the department of education directs.
IV. The commissioner of education at the commissioner’s discretion may contribute to the support of the blind persons from New Hampshire receiving instruction in industrial institutions outside the state.
V. The commissioner of education with approval of the state board may appoint other officials and agents necessary to assist in carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter, subject to rules of the division of personnel.