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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title XV - Education » Title 186-B - Education and Training of the Blind

Section 186-B:1 – Statement of Purpose.

    186-B:1 Statement of Purpose. – To enable the state to more effectively provide services to the blind of all ages in the state, it is the intent of this chapter to place the functions of education, training, vocational rehabilitation, and related services of the blind under one administration. By this transfer of functions, all […]

Section 186-B:10 – Definitions.

    186-B:10 Definitions. – In this subdivision: I. "Blind person" means a person whose central acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200 is accompanied by a limit to the field of vision in the better eye to such a degree that its […]

Section 186-B:11 – Duties.

    186-B:11 Duties. – Blind services shall: I. Survey the vending facility opportunities on all state property; II. Establish, whenever feasible, vending facilities on state property to the extent that such facilities do not adversely affect the interests of the state; III. License blind persons for the operation of vending facilities on state property; IV. […]

Section 186-B:12 – Licenses.

    186-B:12 Licenses. – Blind services shall issue a license for the operation of a vending facility only to a blind person who is able, with such disability, to operate a vending facility. In issuing any license, blind services shall give preference to a blind person who is a resident of this state. Each license […]

Section 186-B:13 – Vending Facilities.

    186-B:13 Vending Facilities. – I. No person in control of the maintenance, operation and protection of any state property may offer or grant to any other party a contract or concession to operate a vending facility unless: (a) He has notified blind services and has attempted to make an agreement with blind services for […]

Section 186-B:14 – Vending Machine Income.

    186-B:14 Vending Machine Income. – I. If a new vending machine or a replacement for an existing vending machine is installed after August 5, 1975, on any state property, vending machine income shall accrue to the licensed blind person operating a vending facility on the same property, or if none, to blind services. The […]

Section 186-B:15 – Appeal.

    186-B:15 Appeal. – Any person aggrieved by a decision of blind services under this subdivision may apply for rehearing and appeal pursuant to RSA 541. Source. 1975, 260:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1975.

Section 186-B:3 – Program for Blind Established.

    186-B:3 Program for Blind Established. – I. The department of education shall establish a program for the education, training, and vocational rehabilitation for the blind of all ages, whether or not they are eligible for aid to the needy blind under the department of health and human services. II. The department of education shall […]

Section 186-B:4 – Aid to the Blind.

    186-B:4 Aid to the Blind. – The department of education shall furnish aid to the blind of the state, as follows: I. The blind services program, bureau of vocational rehabilitation, shall prepare and maintain a register of the blind in the state, which shall describe their condition, cause of blindness, capacity for education and […]

Section 186-B:8 – Nesmith Fund.

    186-B:8 Nesmith Fund. – I. There is hereby appropriated annually the entire income derived from the Nesmith Trust Fund to be expended by the department of education for the aid, support, maintenance and education of the indigent blind of the state of New Hampshire. The governor is authorized to draw his warrants which shall […]

Section 186-B:9 – Purpose.

    186-B:9 Purpose. – For the purpose of providing blind persons with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of the blind and stimulating the blind to greater efforts in striving to make themselves self-supporting, blind persons licensed under this subdivision shall be authorized to operate vending facilities on state property. Source. 1975, 260:1, eff. Aug. […]