§ 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.

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