Title XII — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

209.010. Division to aid blind persons. — The duties of the family support division shall be to prepare and maintain a complete register of the blind persons within this state and to collate information concerning their physical condition, cause of blindness and such additional i…

209.015. Blindness education, screening and treatment program fund — uses of fund — rulemaking. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Blindness Education, Screening and Treatment Program Fund". The fund shall consist of moneys donated pursuant to subsection 7 of…

209.020. Division may receive and expend donations and bequests. — The family support division is authorized to receive and use for the purposes herein enumerated, or any of them, donations and bequests, and is authorized to expend such donations and bequests in such manner as it…

209.030. Blind pensions, eligibility requirements — termination of payments for failure to submit to vision test — change of address, notice to department. — 1. Every adult blind person, eighteen years of age or over, of good moral character who shall have been a resident of the …

209.035. Proceeds from involuntary conversion, how treated — receipt defined. — 1. Any proceeds from involuntary conversion of real property into personal property (such as forced transfer under condemnation, eminent domain, and fire, flood or other act of God) received by a reci…

209.040. Standard of vision, vision test required, exemption — amount of payments, effect of insufficient appropriations — medical assistance — supplemental appropriations, when. — 1. No person shall be entitled to a blind pension under sections 209.010 to 209.160 who is not blin…

209.050. Persons refusing work ineligible for pensions — names may be stricken from roll. — 1. Sections 209.010 to 209.160 shall not be so construed as to grant the benefits thereof to any blind person between the ages of eighteen and fifty years who has no occupation and who, be…

209.060. Application for pension — payment begins, when — misrepresentation, penalty. — Any person who desires the benefits of sections 209.010 to 209.160 shall file an application at the family support division office in the county of his or her residence, who is satisfied that …

209.070. Division to prepare suitable blank application forms. — It shall be the duty of the family support division to prepare suitable blank application forms for the use of blind persons in making application for pensions, which shall contain such questions for applicant to an…

209.080. Division to make regulations relative to examination of applicants for pensions. — It shall be the duty of the family support division to make such regulations relative to the examination of applicants for pension, including the examination by an ophthalmologist, a physi…

209.090. Division to prepare roll of pensioners — to distribute pensions. — Monthly, the family support division shall prepare a separate roll of persons entitled to receive blind pension, which roll shall be in triplicate, showing the name, post-office address, amount of pension…

209.100. Division to keep blind pension roll. — The family support division shall place the names of all persons certified by it for a pension under sections 209.010 to 209.160 upon a record to be kept in its office to be known as "The Blind Pension Roll" which shall contain also…

209.110. Person aggrieved may appeal. — Any person claiming the benefits of sections 209.010 to 209.160 who is aggrieved by the action of the family support division on the question of such person's vision or as to his or her property or income, residential or moral qualification…

209.130. Rate of tax to be levied. — There is hereby levied an annual tax of three cents on each one hundred dollars valuation of taxable property in the state of Missouri to provide a fund out of which shall be paid the pensions for the deserving blind as herein provided. The ta…

209.140. Persons violating provisions of law guilty of misdemeanor. — Any person or persons found guilty of violating any of the provisions of sections 209.010 to 209.160 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and any person who shall willfully and fraudulently violate any of t…

209.150. Rights of persons with disabilities — service dogs, no extra charge for — liability for actual damages. — 1. Every person with a disability, as defined in section 213.010, shall have the same rights afforded to a person with no such disability to the full and free use of…

209.152. Trainers of guide, hearing or service dogs, no extra charge for — liability for damages. — Not to exceed the provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act, any trainer, from a recognized training center, of a guide dog, hearing assistance dog or service dog, or any m…

209.160. Discrimination or interference with persons having visual, hearing or physical disabilities, a misdemeanor. — Any person or persons, firm or corporation, or the agent of any person or persons, firm or corporation who denies or interferes with admittance to or enjoyment o…

209.162. Discrimination or interference with persons having visual, hearing or physical disability, an unlawful employment practice — complaints, filed by aggrieved persons. — It is an unlawful employment practice for any employer to discriminate against any person with a visual,…

[Repealed or reserved.]

209.180. State and its political subdivisions and tax money recipients to employ visually handicapped on same terms as other employees, exception. — The blind and the visually handicapped shall be employed in the state service, the service of the political subdivisions of the sta…

209.190. Housing accommodations, defined — discrimination against persons with visual, hearing or physical disabilities, prohibited — dogs, guide, hearing or service to have full access — liability for actual damages. — 1. Blind or visually handicapped persons, deaf or partially …

209.192. Definitions — blind literacy study — division of special education to make annual report. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Blind persons or visually impaired persons", individuals who: (a) Have a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better e…

209.200. Definitions. — As used in sections 209.150 to 209.204, not to exceed the provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Disability", as defined in section 213.010 including diabetes; (2) "Service dog", a dog that is being or has b…

209.202. Crime of causing substantial injury to or the death of a service dog, penalty — failure to control an animal that causes substantial injury to or the death of a service dog, penalty — harassment of a service dog, penalty — damages. — 1. Any person who knowingly, intentio…

209.204. Impersonating a person with a disability for the purpose of receiving certain accommodations, penalty, civil liability — misrepresentation of dog as service dog, penalty, civil liability — misrepresentation of animal as assistance animal, penalty, civil liability — placa…

209.240. Amount of pension — need, how determined. — 1. The family support division shall, for the purpose of obtaining federal financial participation in aid to the blind payments, prepare a budget taking into consideration the necessary expenses in accordance with standards dev…

209.245. Financial assistance for obtaining hearing aids, program established — fund created — powers of commission. — 1. Subject to appropriations, the Missouri commission for the deaf and hard of hearing shall establish a statewide hearing aid distribution program to provide fi…

209.251. Definitions. — As used in sections 209.251 to 209.259, the following terms mean: (1) "Adaptive telecommunications equipment", equipment that translates, enhances or otherwise transforms the receiving or sending of telecommunications into a form accessible to individuals …

209.253. Statewide dual-party relay system, establishment by PSC — advisory assistive technology council to administer — rulemaking authority. — 1. The commission shall provide a statewide dual-party system, using third-party intervention to connect deaf, hearing-impaired and spe…

209.255. Rate established to recover costs of programs — surcharge, limitations, collection — exemption from taxes. — 1. The commission shall establish a rate recovery mechanism to recover the costs of implementing and maintaining the programs provided for in section 209.253, whi…

209.257. Telephone company to deduct percentage to cover cost — percentage determined by PSC — money collected, deposit — use of deaf relay service fund. — The local exchange telephone company shall deduct and retain a percentage of the total surcharge amount collected each month…

209.258. Deaf relay service fund established, purpose — deposit — unexpended balance not to be transferred to general revenue — commission and advisory assistive technology council to request appropriations from fund for service delivery. — 1. All remaining deaf relay service and…

209.259. Review of surcharge and deduction percentage — recommendation procedures — surcharge adjusted when — excess funds, effective. — 1. From the date of implementing the deaf relay service and equipment distribution fund surcharge, the commission shall review such surcharge n…

209.260. Telecommunications companies responsibility for quality of services, individuals with disabilities. — Telecommunications companies shall ensure, if readily achievable as defined by federal law 42 U.S.C.A. section 12181(9), that high quality existing and new telecommunica…

209.261. Definitions. — As used in sections 209.261 to 209.265, the following terms mean: (1) "Auxiliary aids and services", the device or service that the deaf person feels would best serve him which includes, but is not limited to, interpreters, notetakers, transcription servic…

209.263. Person relaying conversation not to disclose contents, exception — order to disclose — privilege. — 1. A person who interprets, transliterates or relays a conversation between a person who can hear and a deaf person is deemed a conduit for the conversation and may not di…

209.265. No disclosure of conversation without permission — penalty. — 1. An auxiliary aids and services provider or relay agent who is employed to interpret, transliterate or relay a conversation between a person who can hear and a person who is deaf or speech impaired shall not…

209.285. Definitions. — As used in sections 209.285 to 209.339, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "American sign language", a visual-gestural system of communication that has its own syntax, rhetoric and grammar. American sign language i…

209.287. Board for certification of interpreters established — appointment, qualification, terms — expenses — meetings — chairman elected how — quorum — removal from office, procedure. — 1. There is hereby established within the Missouri commission for the deaf and hard of hearin…

209.289. Coordinator to be hired, qualifications, salary and expenses. — The executive director shall hire a coordinator, who shall serve as coordinator of the Missouri interpreters certification system. The coordinator shall have a background in interpreter testing and interpret…

209.292. Board's powers and duties — evaluation team to be appointed, qualifications, expenses — removal from team, procedure. — 1. The board shall, with the approval of the commission: (1) Prescribe qualifications for each of the several levels of certification based on proficie…

209.295. Rules and regulations, authority to promulgate, duties of commission. — The commission may promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to, but not limited to: (1) The form and content of certification applications and the procedures for filing an application for an initi…

209.297. Applications for certification, content, oath — fee not refundable — applicant to be given date for evaluation. — 1. Applications for certification as an interpreter: (1) Shall be submitted in writing to the commission on forms prescribed by the commission and furnished …

209.299. Evaluations to be held where and when — coordinator to notify applicants of score. — The board shall schedule evaluations for persons seeking certification, at a central location, at least four times each year in 1995 and 1996, and at least twice a year thereafter, accor…

209.302. Eligibility for evaluation. — An evaluation shall be available to the following, including, but not limited to: (1) New interpreters; (2) Uncertified, qualified interpreters; (3) Certified interpreters, advancing to another certification level; (4) An interpreter who is …

209.305. Evaluations, subjects to be covered — confidentiality of tests and records. — 1. The evaluation shall be an assessment of interpreter's language skills, expressive and receptive skills, professionalism, knowledge of interpreting and ethical practices. Modes of communicat…

209.307. Conflict of interest for board or evaluation team, effect. — Any member of the board or an evaluation team who has a conflict of interest that may have a direct effect on an evaluation shall excuse himself or herself from the evaluation. The remaining members shall asses…

209.309. Provisional certificates issued when — limitation — requirements — extension granted when. — The board may offer provisional certification to interpreters achieving a minimal level of certification established by the board. A provisional certification is limited to one y…

209.311. Fees, how established. — The commission may charge fees for application, administration of an evaluation, renewal of a certificate, conversion and recordkeeping. The fees shall be in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of the evaluation and certification program. ­­-…