Oregon Statutes - Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf - Section 346.510 - Definitions for ORS 346.510 to 346.570.

As used in ORS 346.510 to 346.570, the term:

(1) “Operator” means the individual person who is blind and who is responsible for the day-to-day conduct of the vending facility operation.

(2) “Person who is blind” means a person having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with best correction or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200, is accompanied by a limit to the field of vision to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than 20 degrees. Such blindness shall be certified by a licensed physician who specializes in diseases of the eye.

(3) “Public building” or “property” means any building, land or other real property, owned, leased or occupied by any department or agency of the State of Oregon or any of its political subdivisions except public elementary and secondary schools.

(4) “Vending facility” means:

(a) Such shelters, counters, shelving, display and wall cases, refrigerating apparatus and other appropriate auxiliary equipment as are necessary or customarily used for the vending of such articles as may be approved by the Commission for the Blind and the agency having care, custody and control of the building or property in or on which the vending facility is located;

(b) Manual or coin operated vending machines or similar devices for vending such articles; or

(c) Cafeterias or snack bars for the dispensing of food stuffs and beverages. [1957 c.295 §2; 1975 c.638 §7; 2007 c.70 §131]

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