2016 Idaho Statutes
Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE
Chapter 7 - RIGHTS OF THE BLIND AND PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
Section 56-701A - DEFINITIONS.

56-701A. Definitions. As used in this chapter and chapter 58, title 18, Idaho Code:

(1) "Assistance device" means a cane or walking stick, predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without red tip, or a manual or motorized wheelchair or similar scooter, or other similar devices that enhance the safety or mobility of a disabled person.

(2) "Assistance dog" means a dog that has been trained as a guide dog for a blind or visually impaired person, a hearing dog for a hearing impaired person, or a service dog for a physically disabled person.

(3) "Disabled person" means a hearing, visually or physically impaired person.

(4) "Dog-in-training" means a dog being specifically trained to develop social, environmental and other skills needed for admission to a training school or other program for assistance dogs. Dogs-in-training shall wear a jacket, collar, scarf or other similar article identifying it as a dog-in-training.

(5) "Guide dog" means a dog that has been specially trained to aid a particular blind or visually impaired person.

(6) "Hearing dog" means a dog that has been specially trained to aid a particular hearing impaired person.

(7) "Hearing impaired person" means a person who has a hearing impairment manifested by a speech discrimination score of forty percent (40%) or more in the better ear with appropriate correction as certified by a licensed otologist, licensed audiologist, or the Idaho division of vocational rehabilitation.

(8) "Physically impaired person" means any person with any substantial physical disability which prevents normal participation in community or life activities as are available and participated in by persons with no such afflictions or conditions of the same age and sex.

(9) "Service dog" means a dog that has been specially trained to aid a particular physically disabled person with a physical disability other than sight or hearing impairment.

(10) "Visually impaired person" means any person who is blind, totally blind, partially blind or otherwise visually impaired meaning such person has central visual acuity not exceeding 20/200 in the better eye, with corrected lenses, as measured by the Snellen test, or visual acuity greater than 20/200, but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle not greater than twenty (20) degrees.

History:

[56-701A, added 1984, ch. 147, sec. 5, p. 344; am. 1992, ch. 58, sec. 5, p. 170; am. 1994, ch. 159, sec. 2, p. 360; am. 1997, ch. 267, sec. 8, p. 766; am. 2002, ch. 345, sec. 34, p. 977; am. 2010, ch. 235, sec. 49, p. 588.]