STATE STATUTES & CODES

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 209 Aid to the Blind--Rights of Persons with Visual, Hearing or Physical

• 209.010. Division of family services to aid blind persons.
• 209.020. Division of family services may receive and expend donations and bequests.
• 209.030. Blind pensions, eligibility requirements.
• 209.035. Proceeds from involuntary conversion, how treated--receipt defined.
• 209.040. Vision test required, standard of vision--amount of payments, effect of insufficient appropriations--medical assistance--increase in appropriations, limitations.
• 209.050. Persons refusing work ineligible for pensions--names may be stricken from roll.
• 209.060. Application for pension--payment begins, when--misrepresentation, penalty.
• 209.070. Division of family services to prepare suitable blank application forms.
• 209.080. Division of family services to make regulations relative to examination of applicants for pensions.
• 209.090. Division of family services to prepare roll of pensioners--to distribute pensions.
• 209.100. Division of family services to keep blind pension roll.
• 209.110. Person aggrieved may appeal.
• 209.130. Rate of tax to be levied.
• 209.140. Persons violating provisions of law guilty of misdemeanor.
• 209.150. Rights of persons with visual, hearing or physical disabilities--guide, hearing or service dogs, no extra charge for--liability for actual damages.
• 209.152. Trainers of guide, hearing or service dogs, no extra charge for--liability for damages.
• 209.160. Discrimination or interference with persons having visual, hearing or physical disabilities, a misdemeanor.
• 209.162. Discrimination or interference with persons having visual, hearing or physical disability, an unlawful employment practice--complaints, filed by aggrieved persons.
• 209.170. October fifteenth to be white cane safety day, governor to note.
• 209.180. State and its political subdivisions and tax money recipients to employ visually handicapped on same terms as other employees, exception.
• 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 a
• 209.192. Definitions--blind literacy study--division of special education to make annual report.
• 209.200. Definitions.
• 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--harassmen
• 209.204. Crime of impersonating a person with a disability for the purpose of receiving certain accommodations, penalty, civil liability.
• 209.240. Amount of pension--need, how determined.
• 209.251. Definitions.
• 209.253. Statewide dual-party relay system, establishment by PSC--advisory assistive technology council to administer--rulemaking authority.
• 209.255. Rate established to recover costs of programs--surcharge, limitations, collection--exemption from taxes.
• 209.257. Telephone company to deduct percentage to cover cost--percentage determined by PSC--money collected, deposit--use of deaf relay service fund.
• 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 appropriati
• 209.259. Review of surcharge and deduction percentage--recommendation procedures--surcharge adjusted when--excess funds, effective.
• 209.260. Telecommunications companies responsibility for quality of services, individuals with disabilities.
• 209.261. Definitions.
• 209.263. Person relaying conversation not to disclose contents, exception--order to disclose--privilege.
• 209.265. No disclosure of conversation without permission--penalty.
• 209.285. Definitions.
• 209.287. Board for certification of interpreters established--appointment, qualification, terms--expenses--meetings--chairman elected how--quorum--removal from office, procedure.
• 209.289. Coordinator to be hired, qualifications, salary and expenses.
• 209.292. Board's powers and duties--evaluation team to be appointed, qualifications, expenses--removal from team, procedure.
• 209.295. Rules and regulations, authority to promulgate, duties of commission.
• 209.297. Applications for certification, content, oath--fee not refundable--applicant to be given date for evaluation.
• 209.299. Evaluations to be held where and when--coordinator to notify applicants of score.
• 209.302. Eligibility for evaluation.
• 209.305. Evaluations, subjects to be covered--confidentiality of tests and records.
• 209.307. Conflict of interest for board or evaluation team, effect.
• 209.309. Provisional certificates issued when--limitation--requirements--extension granted when.
• 209.311. Fees, how established.
• 209.314. Grievances on evaluation, procedure.
• 209.317. Certificate may be suspended, denied or revoked--hearing procedure.
• 209.318. Fund for certification of interpreters established, purpose--lapse into general revenue when--first fiscal year, board's expenses, how paid.
• 209.319. State committee of interpreters to be established in division of professional registration, appointment, qualifications, terms, compensation--vacancies--quorum--meetings.
• 209.321. License required to practice interpreting--certain professions exempt--practice to be limited to training and education--not considered interpreting, when--out-of-state licensees, temporary i
• 209.322. Certificates recognized by the board.
• 209.323. License application forms, content, oath, fee not refundable, qualifications, licenses expire, when--reinstatement procedure--replacement of license lost or destroyed.
• 209.326. Temporary license issued to persons licensed in other states, procedure, fee limitation.
• 209.328. Ethical rules of conduct established by rules, duties of committee--other rules authorized.
• 209.331. Procedure to adopt rules.
• 209.332. State committee of interpreters fund established, purpose--transfer to general revenue, when--profession of interpreter not to be subject to taxation or licensing fees by municipalities.
• 209.334. Refusal to issue or renew license, grounds, complaint procedure--reinstatement procedure.
• 209.337. Violations, penalty--injunction granted when--venue.
• 209.339. Conversation between a hearing person and a deaf person, interpreter is deemed a conduit, confidentiality, exceptions.

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