(a) The department of human services shall create a division of services for the blind to develop measures for the prevention of blindness, the restoration of sight, and the vocational adjustment of blind persons, including employment in regular industries, independent business, workshops for the blind, or home industries, rehabilitation training and the instruction of adult blind in their homes; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with vending stands already located in state buildings and operated by blind persons.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 71-4-203
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) All state service regulations now in force and effect in other divisions of the department shall apply in carrying out this section; provided, that this subsection (b) does not apply to employees in the workshops for the blind paid on a piecework or hourly basis.
