{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-39-1115","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 39-1115","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 39-1114 through 39-1116, and amendments thereto:\n(a) \"Blind\" or \"blindness\" means a central visual acuity of 2 0 /200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens. An eye that has a limitation in the field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees is considered to have a central visual acuity of 2 0 /200 or less. The term \"blind\" or \"blindness\" includes any degenerative condition that reasonably can be expected to result in blindness.\n(b) \"Family foster home\" means a child care facility that is a private residence, including any adjacent grounds, where a person provides care for 24 hours per day for one or more children in foster care and for which a license is required under K.S.A. 65-501 et seq., and amendments thereto.\n(c) \"Supportive parenting services\" means services, including, but not limited to, services, aids and supports that may assist a parent or prospective parent who is blind in the effective use of non-visual techniques and other alternative methods to enable the parent or prospective parent to discharge parental responsibilities as successfully as a parent who is not blind.","path":["Chapter 39.—DEPENDENT PERSONS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; SOCIAL WELFARE","Article 11.—PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch39/039_011_0015.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:51Z","sha256":"f3116a410c9bce5c450e44fb03b13ae3f12401e6944b001af31ea2b0780a4e7f","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-39-1114","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-39-1116"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}