(a) The following persons are eligible for the program:
(1) persons whose visual acuity, as determined by competent
authority, is 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting glasses,
or whose widest diameter of visual field is no greater than 20 degrees;
(2) persons whose visual disability, with correction
and regardless of optical measurement, is certified by competent authority
as preventing reading of standard printed material;
(3) persons certified by competent authority as unable
to read or unable to use standard printed materials as a result of
physical limitations;
(4) persons certified by competent authority as having
a reading disability resulting from organic dysfunction and of sufficient
severity to prevent their reading printed material in a normal manner;
and
(5) persons certified by competent authority as having
an allergy or other chemically-based reaction of sufficient severity
as to prevent their handling of printed materials in a normal manner.
(b) The following persons are not eligible for service:
(1) persons who are illiterate without having an eligible
disability; and
(2) persons who cannot read because of an intellectual
disability or an intellectual development disorder.
(c) All borrowers will remain eligible for service,
provided they:
(1) continue to meet the requirements for eligibility
in the program;
(2) are active borrowers; and
(3) maintain their accounts in good standing, meaning:
(A) borrower does not have excessive overdue, lost,
or damaged materials and/or machines;
(B) borrower has not had account suspended for failure
to follow procedures and policies as part of the membership agreement
or for failure to cooperate with the agency; and
(C) borrower has not had service suspended for misuse
of the service, as specified in §9.11 of this title (relating
to Misuse of Service).
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Source Note: The provisions of this §9.3 adopted to be effective November 16, 2008, 33 TexReg 9079; amended to be effective March 20, 2019, 44 TexReg 1437; amended to be effective August 29, 2023, 48 TexReg 4640 |