Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 71 > Chapter 4 > Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation of the Blind

• Blind individual: means any person whose visual acuity with maximum correction does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye, except that in those instances in which the visual acuity exceeds 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees (20°. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
• Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the department of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
• Director: means the director of the division of services for the blind. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
• Division: means the division of services for the blind in the department of human services. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Livestock: means all equine as well as animals that are being raised primarily for use as food or fiber for human utilization or consumption including, but not limited to, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and poultry. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Maintenance: means the provision of money on behalf of a blind individual with employment barriers to cover the necessary living expenses, and health and maintenance essential to achieving the individual's vocational rehabilitation. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
• Nonprofit: when used with respect to a rehabilitation facility or a workshop, means a rehabilitation facility and a workshop, respectively, owned and operated by a corporation or association, no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and the income of which is exempt from taxation under §. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
• Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Physical restoration: includes :
  (A) Corrective surgery or therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially modify a physical or mental condition that is stable or slowly progressive and that constitutes a substantial barrier to employment, or that necessitates institutional care or attendant care, but that is of such a nature that such correction or modification may reasonably be expected to eliminate or substantially reduce such barrier within a reasonable length of time, and includes psychiatric treatment, dentistry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech or hearing therapy, treatment of medical complications and emergencies that are associated with or arise out of physical restoration services or are inherent in the conditions under treatment, and other medical services related to rehabilitation. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Rehabilitation facility: means a facility operated for the primary purpose of assisting in the rehabilitation of physically handicapped individuals:
  (A) That provides one (1) or more of the following types of services:

  (i) Testing, fitting, or training in the use of prosthetic devices. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
• Remunerative occupation: includes employment as an employee or self-employed, practice of a profession, homemaking or farm and family work for which payment is in kind rather than cash, sheltered employment, and home industry or other homebound work of a remunerative nature. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• 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
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Vocational rehabilitation: means making an individual able, or increasing an individual's ability to:
  (A) Engage in a remunerative occupation. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
• Vocational rehabilitation services: means :
  (A) Diagnostic and related services, including transportation, incidental to the determination of whether an individual is a blind individual with employment barriers, and if so, the individual's eligibility for, and the nature and scope of other vocational rehabilitation services to be provided. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602
• Workshop: means a place where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on and that is operated for the primary purpose of providing remunerative employment to individuals with severe disabilities who cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market. See Tennessee Code 71-4-602