8-1,124. As used in this act, "person with a disability" means any individual who:
(a) Has a severe visual impairment;
(b) cannot walk 100 feet without stopping to rest;
(c) cannot walk without the use of or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair or other assistive device;
(d) is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest;
(e) uses portable oxygen;
(f) has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as class III or class IV according to standards set by the American heart association; or
(g) is severely limited in such person's ability to walk at least 100 feet due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition.
History: L. 1986, ch. 36, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 44, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 105, § 11; L. 1999, ch. 68, § 1; July 1.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Charge imposed by state for disabled placards and identification cards not a tax for tax injunction act purposes. Marcus v. State of Kan. Dept. of Revenue, 980 F. Supp. 398, 400 (1997).
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