Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-811

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 17a-811 - (Formerly Sec. 10-294a). Legal blindness. Impaired vision. Defined

For the purposes of this chapter:

(a) A person is legally blind if such person's central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or if such person's visual acuity is greater than 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 twenty degrees;

(b) A person has impaired vision if such person's central visual acuity does not exceed 20/70 in the better eye with correcting lenses.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-811

(1961, P.A. 539, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 767, S. 1; P.A. 75-231, S. 1, 6; P.A. 78-218, S. 200; P.A. 05-156 , S. 5 .)

Section 10-294a was transferred to section 17a-811 in 2023.