§5-15-1. Short Title
This article shall be known as the "White Cane Law."
§5-15-2. Policy
It is the policy of this state to encourage and enable persons who are blind or otherwise visually impaired or who have a disability to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in remunerative employment.
§5-15-3. Definitions
For the purpose of this article: (a) A "person who is blind" means a person whose central visual acuity does not exceed twenty/two hundred in the better eye with correcting lenses, or whose visual acuity is greater than twenty/two hundred but is occasioned by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest […]
§5-15-4. Equal Right to Use Public Facilities; Service Animals and Trainers
(a) A person who is blind or is a person with a disability shall have the same rights as other persons to the full and free use of the highways, roads, streets, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities and other public places. (b) Any person who is blind and any person with a disability is […]
§5-15-5. Standard of Care to Be Exercised by and With Respect to Persons Who Are Blind or Who Have a Disability
(a) A person who is blind or who has a disability shall exercise that degree of care for his or her own safety in any of the places, accommodations or conveyances specified in section four of this article which an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances. (b) The driver of a vehicle approaching […]
§5-15-6. Annual Proclamation of White Cane Day
Each year the Governor shall take suitable public notice of October 15, as white cane day. The Governor shall issue a proclamation that: (a) Comments upon the significance of the white cane; (b) Calls upon the citizens of the state to observe the provisions of the white cane law and to take precautions necessary for […]
§5-15-7. Policy of the State on Employment of Persons Who Are Blind or Persons With Disabilities
It is the policy of this state that persons who are blind or visually impaired and persons with disabilities shall be employed in the state service, the service of the political subdivisions of the state, in the public schools and in all other employment supported, in whole or in part, by public funds on the […]
§5-15-8. Interference With Rights Hereunder; Penalties
Any person, firm or corporation, or the agent of any person, firm or corporation, who denies or interferes with admittance to or enjoyment of the places, accommodations or conveyances specified in section four of this article or otherwise interferes with the rights of a person who is blind or visually impaired or a person with […]
§5-15-9. Fraudulent Representation; Penalties
(a) Any person who falsely represents to another that he or she is a person who is blind or a person with a disability with the intent to obtain any right or privilege protected by the provisions of §5-15-4 of this code is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not […]