Section 14-2801 - Definitions.

§ 14-2801. Definitions.
 

(a)  In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Blind.- "Blind" means that an individual's visual acuity: 

(1) Does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses; or 

(2) Exceeds 20/200 but with a field of vision that at the widest diameter subtends an angle not greater than 20 degrees. 

(c)  Direct labor hours.-  

(1) "Direct labor hours" includes all hours spent in the manufacture and assembly of a product made by blind individuals. 

(2) "Direct labor hours" do not include time spent in the administration, supervision, shipping, and inspection of a product made by blind individuals. 

(d)  Person.- "Person" includes an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity. 

(e)  Product made by the blind.- "Product made by the blind" means a product if not less than 75% of the total personnel engaged in the direct labor hours in the manufacture and assembly of the product are blind workers. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 30, §§ 30A, 32; 1997, ch. 31, § 1; 2010, ch. 611, § 2.]