{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-51.5-84","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 51.5-84","heading":"Licensure of blind adult residents as operators","body":"The Department shall be the agency to license blind persons who are residents of the Commonwealth and who are at least eighteen years of age for the operation of vending stands and other business enterprises.In licensing operators, the Department shall give preference to those blind persons who are in need of employment. Persons licensed shall be qualified to operate such vending stands and other business enterprises.Code 1950, §§ 63-204.8, 63-204.11; 1968, c. 578, §§ 63.1-149, 63.1-152; 1972, c. 824; 1989, c. 314; 2002, c. 747.","path":["Title 51.5. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES","Chapter 12. PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED","Article 4. BUSINESS ENTERPRISES FOR THE BLIND"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/51.5-84/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:09Z","sha256":"a1f6ed386c94d154c82fed0ffa7d538d53bfc23b6797a5b49b782b515e0258bf","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-51.5-83","next":"us-va/va.-code-51.5-85"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}