{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-25-26-202","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 25-26-202","heading":"Definitions","body":"For purposes of this subchapter: (1) \"Access\" means the ability to receive, use, and manipulate data and operate controls included in information technology; (2) \"Blind or visually impaired individual\" means an individual who: (A) Has a visual acuity of twenty/two hundred ( 20 / 200 ) or less in the better eye with correcting lenses or has a limited field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees (20°); (B) Has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration; or (C) Has a medically diagnosed limitation in visual functioning that restricts the individual's ability to read and write standard print at levels expected of individuals of comparable ability; (3) \"Covered entity\" means the state or any state-assisted organization; (4) \"Information technology\" means all electronic information processing hardware and software, including telecommunications; (5) \"Nonvisual\" means synthesized speech, braille, and other output methods not requiring sight; (6) \"Reasonably available\" means developed and available for purchase for a price as provided in this subchapter from: (A) The vendor that provided the product that is to be used by visual users; or (B) Another vendor if the technology is available from more than one (1) vendor in the marketplace; (7) \"State\" means the state or any of its departments, agencies, public bodies, or other instrumentalities; (8) \"State-assisted organization\" means a college, nonprofit organization, person, political subdivision, school system, or other entity supported in whole or in part by state funds; and (9) \"Telecommunications\" means the transmission of information, images, pictures, voice or data by radio, video, or other electronic or impulse means. Amended by Act 2013, No. 308,§ 2, eff. 3/11/2013. Acts 1999, No. 1227, § 2.\n\nFor purposes of this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Access\" means the ability to receive, use, and manipulate data and operate controls included in information technology;\n\n(2) \"Blind or visually impaired individual\" means an individual who: (A) Has a visual acuity of twenty/two hundred ( 20 / 200 ) or less in the better eye with correcting lenses or has a limited field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees (20°); (B) Has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration; or (C) Has a medically diagnosed limitation in visual functioning that restricts the individual's ability to read and write standard print at levels expected of individuals of comparable ability;\n\n(A) Has a visual acuity of twenty/two hundred ( 20 / 200 ) or less in the better eye with correcting lenses or has a limited field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees (20°);\n\n(B) Has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration; or\n\n(C) Has a medically diagnosed limitation in visual functioning that restricts the individual's ability to read and write standard print at levels expected of individuals of comparable ability;\n\n(3) \"Covered entity\" means the state or any state-assisted organization;\n\n(4) \"Information technology\" means all electronic information processing hardware and software, including telecommunications;\n\n(5) \"Nonvisual\" means synthesized speech, braille, and other output methods not requiring sight;\n\n(6) \"Reasonably available\" means developed and available for purchase for a price as provided in this subchapter from: (A) The vendor that provided the product that is to be used by visual users; or (B) Another vendor if the technology is available from more than one (1) vendor in the marketplace;\n\n(A) The vendor that provided the product that is to be used by visual users; or\n\n(B) Another vendor if the technology is available from more than one (1) vendor in the marketplace;\n\n(7) \"State\" means the state or any of its departments, agencies, public bodies, or other instrumentalities;\nusers; or (B) Another vendor if the technology is available from more than one (1) vendor in the marketplace;\n\n(A) The vendor that provided the product that is to be used by visual users; or\n\n(B) Another vendor if the technology is available from more than one (1) vendor in the marketplace;\n\n(7) \"State\" means the state or any of its departments, agencies, public bodies, or other instrumentalities;\n\n(8) \"State-assisted organization\" means a college, nonprofit organization, person, political subdivision, school system, or other entity supported in whole or in part by state funds; and\n\n(9) \"Telecommunications\" means the transmission of information, images, pictures, voice or data by radio, video, or other electronic or impulse means.","path":["AR Code","Title 25","Chapter 26","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"f138e514dc43b0d272c9532600fd3998608a313e99e6453ec699f3210cb942f1","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-25-26-201","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-25-26-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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