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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) “Access” means the ability to receive, use, and manipulate data and operate controls included in information technology;
(2) “Blind or visually impaired individual” means an individual who:
(A) Has a visual acuity of twenty/two hundred ( 20/200 ) or less in the better eye with correcting 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 (20°);
(B) Has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration; or
(C) 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;
(3) “Covered entity” means the state or any state-assisted organization;
(4) “Information technology” means all electronic information processing hardware and software, including telecommunications;
(5) “Nonvisual” means synthesized speech, braille, and other output methods not requiring sight;
(6) “Reasonably available” means developed and available for purchase for a price as provided in this subchapter from:
(A) The vendor that provided the product that is to be used by visual users; or
(B) Another vendor if the technology is available from more than one (1) vendor in the marketplace;
(7) “State” means the state or any of its departments, agencies, public bodies, or other instrumentalities;
(8) “State-assisted organization” means a college, nonprofit organization, person, political subdivision, school system, or other entity supported in whole or in part by state funds; and
(9) “Telecommunications” means the transmission of information, images, pictures, voice or data by radio, video, or other electronic or impulse means.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 25. State Government § 25-26-202. Definitions - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-25-state-government/ar-code-sect-25-26-202/
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