{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-5-15-3","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 5-15-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purpose of this article:\n(a) A \"person who is blind\" means a person whose central visual acuity does not exceed twenty/two hundred in the better eye with correcting lenses, or whose visual acuity is greater than twenty/two hundred but is occasioned by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees.\n(b) A \"person with a disability\" means any person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of the individual; who has a record of such an impairment or who is regarded as having such an impairment.\n(c) A \"service animal\" means any guide dog, signal dog or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair or fetching dropped items.","path":["CHAPTER 5. GENERAL POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR, SECRETARY OF STATE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL; BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS; MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS, OFFICES, PROGRAMS, ETC.","ARTICLE 15. WHITE CANE LAW."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/5-15-3/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:19:55Z","sha256":"3db9565b431041f11cc0b0d9037cc1e80fb5ba68b4a386fd14590ab539cb097f","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-5-15-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-5-15-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}