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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 750

SECTION 1._______BE IT FURTHER ENACTED BY THE GENERAL

ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That new Sections 141A through
141F, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Chapter
11A. Sheltered Workshop Employment", be and they are
hereby added to Article 77 — Public Education, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and
1974 Supplement), to read as follows:

Article 77 — Public Education

CHAPTER 11A. SHELTERED WORKSHOP EMPLOYMENT

[[38]] 141A. DEFINITIONS,

(A)    IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(B)   "DISABLED PERSON" MEANS ONE:

(1)   WHO HAS A SEVERE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL
DISABILITY WHICH SERIOUSLY LIMITS HIS FUNCTIONAL
CAPACITIES SUCH AS MOBILITY, COMMUNICATION, SELF-CARE,
SELF-DIRECTION, WORK TOLERANCE, WORK SKILLS IN TERMS OF
EMPLOYABILITY;

(2)   WHOSE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION CAN BE
EXPECTED TO REQUIRE MULTIPLE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
SERVICES OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME; AND

(3)   WHO HAS ONE OR MORE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL
DISABILITIES RESULTING FROM AMPUTATION, ARTHRITIS,
BLINDNESS, CANCER, CEREBRAL PALSY, CYSTIC FIBROSIS,
DEAFNESS, HEART DISEASE, HEMIPLEGIA, HEMOPHILIA,
RESPIRATORY OR PULMONARY DYSFUNCTION, MENTAL RETARDATION,
MENTAL ILLNESS, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY,
MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS, NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
INCLUDING STROKE AND EPILEPSY, PARAPLEGIA, QUADRAPLEGIA
AND OTHER SPINAL CORD CONDITIONS, SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, AND
END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE, OR ANOTHER DISABILITY OR
COMBINATION OF DISABILITIES DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF AN
EVALUATION OF REHABILITATION POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
COMPARABLE SUBSTANTIAL FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION.

(C)    "DIVISION" MEANS THE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL
REHABILITATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE
STATE OF MARYLAND.

(D)   "SHELTERED WORKSHOP" MEANS:

(1)   AN OCCUPATION-ORIENTED PLACE OR FACILITY;

(2)   OPERATED BY A PRIVATE NONPROFIT AGENCY OR
ORGANIZATION;