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2021 Colorado Code
Title 24 - Government - State
Article 85 - Information Technology Access for Individuals Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
§ 24-85-102. Definitions
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CO Code § 24-85-102 (2021)
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
- "Access" means the ability to receive, use, and manipulate data and operate controls included in information technology.
- "Blind or visually impaired individual" means an individual who:
- Has a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with corrective lenses or has a limited field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees;
- Has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration; or
- Has a medically diagnosed limitation in visual functioning that restricts the individual's ability to read and write standard print at levels expected of individuals of comparable ability.
- Repealed.
- "Information technology" means all electronic information processing hardware and software, including telecommunications.
- "Nonvisual" means synthesized speech, Braille, and other output methods not requiring sight.
- "State agency" means the state or any of its principal departments, agencies, or boards or commissions.
- "Telecommunications" means the transmission of information, images, pictures, voice, or data by radio, video, or other electronic or impulse means.
Source: L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 1504, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2007: (3) repealed, p. 918, § 22, effective May 17.
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