29 USC § 796j - “Older individual who is blind” defined

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s796j"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "29 USC § 796j - “Older individual who is blind” defined"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "796j"
section_name: "“Older individual who is blind” defined"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES AND CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–112, title VII, § 751, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 410, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1237.)"
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# § 796j. “Older individual who is blind” defined

For purposes of this part, the term “older individual who is blind” means an individual age 55 or older whose significant visual impairment makes competitive employment extremely difficult to attain but for whom independent living goals are feasible.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–112, title VII, § 751, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 410, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1237.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 796j, , as added , , , defined “older individual who is blind”, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by .