Montana Code 53-7-302. Administration
53-7-302. Administration. The department may:
Terms Used In Montana Code 53-7-302
- 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
- Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. 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
- 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
(1)cooperate with other departments and agencies and institutions, both public and private, in providing the services authorized by this part to persons with blindness or low vision; in studying the problems involved in vocational rehabilitation; and in establishing, developing, and providing programs, facilities, and services;
(2)conduct research and compile statistics relating to the provision of services to or the need of services for persons with blindness or low vision;
(3)accept and use gifts to carry out this part; and
(4)make rules and take any other action it determines necessary or appropriate to carry out this part.