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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. › Section 21-1-12 - Lists of Deaf and Blind Children Within Counties; Enforcement of Attendance of Children Eligible for Benefits of School.

Section 21-1-12
Lists of deaf and blind children within counties; enforcement of attendance of children eligible for benefits of school.
It shall be the duty of the county superintendent of education in each county of Alabama to furnish annually to the attendance officer of his county and the president of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind a list of the deaf and blind children of his county with the name, sex, age, and address of each, together with the name and address of the parent or guardian of each child, such information to be secured from the school census enumeration books of the county or from any other reliable source, and the attendance officer shall visit the home of each child not later than five days after the opening date of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, as published by the president of this institution by giving written notice to each county superintendent of education and each city superintendent of education in Alabama. If it is found that any child eligible for the benefits of this school is not enrolled or is not exempt under the provisions of Section 21-1-11, he shall serve legal notice on the parent, guardian, or other person in control of such child, giving him five days in which to enroll said child in the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. In the event of the failure or refusal of such parent, guardian, or other person in charge to enroll said child, he shall proceed against such parent, guardian, or other person as though said child were a hearing or seeing child and shall follow the law as set forth in Section 16-13-193.
(Acts 1931, No. 61, p. 125; Code 1940, T. 52, §527.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. › Section 21-1-13 - Prosecutions for Failure of Minors to Attend School.

Section 21-1-13
Prosecutions for failure of minors to attend school.
Prosecution under Sections 21-1-10 through 21-1-12 and Section 16-28-12 may be begun by the county superintendent of education, the attendance officer, the director of the Department of Human Resources, or the president of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, and it shall be the duty of the district attorney or county solicitor in whose circuit or county such offending parent, guardian, or other person having control of such derelict child may reside to prosecute the case.
(Acts 1931, No. 61, p. 125; Code 1940, T. 52, §532.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. › Section 21-1-14 - Education and Training of Nonresident Handicapped Persons.

Section 21-1-14
Education and training of nonresident handicapped persons.
The board of trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind may, in its discretion, provide for the education and training of deaf, blind, visually handicapped, and otherwise severely handicapped persons who are nonresidents of the state; provided, however, that in any such case, the full cost of such education or training, to be ascertained and set by the board, shall be charged to such persons for such education or training.
(Acts 1969, No. 426, p. 830.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. › Section 21-1-15 - Department of Adult Blind and Deaf Established; Appropriations; Operation of Library Service.

Section 21-1-15
Department of adult blind and deaf established; appropriations; operation of library service.
There shall be at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind a separate department of adult blind and deaf. Legislative appropriations for the department shall be made separate and apart from the legislative appropriations made for the support and operation of the institute. The department shall have authority to establish and to operate a library service for blind, visually handicapped, deaf, or severely handicapped persons, and the department is hereby designated as the official agency to operate a regional library for the blind, visually handicapped, deaf, and severely handicapped.
(Acts 1939, No. 467, p. 680; Code 1940, T. 52, §528; Acts 1969, No. 425, p. 829, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. › Section 21-1-16 - Preparation and Maintenance of Register of Blind Persons.

Section 21-1-16
Preparation and maintenance of register of blind persons.
It shall be the duty of the president of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, under the supervision and direction of the board of trustees, to prepare and maintain a register of blind persons living in the State of Alabama, which shall describe the condition, cause of blindness, capacity for education, and industrial training for each blind person registered and shall give such other data as the board may deem advisable.
(Acts 1939, No. 467, p. 680; Code 1940, T. 52, §529.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. › Section 21-1-18 - Expenditures for Services, Supplies, etc., Subject to Provisions of State Competitive Bid Law; Exceptions.

Section 21-1-18
Expenditures for services, supplies, etc., subject to provisions of state competitive bid law; exceptions.
All expenditures of funds of whatever nature for labor, services, or work or for the purchase or lease of materials, equipment, supplies, or other personal property involving $500.00 or more made by or on behalf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall be made under contractual agreement entered into by free and open competitive bidding on sealed bids to the lowest responsible bidder. All such expenditures shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 41-16-50 through 41-16-63, in the same manner and to the same extent as are expenditures by or for state trade schools, state junior colleges, and state colleges and universities under the supervision and control of the State Board of Education; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to purchases of any commodity for which an open public market is maintained, including but not limited to grains and broomcorn, if such commodity is purchased at a price not higher than the prevailing open market price.
(Acts 1969, No. 423, p. 827.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. › Section 21-1-19 - Negotiation of Temporary Loans.

Section 21-1-19
Negotiation of temporary loans.
The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall have the power, when authorized by the board of trustees or the executive committee thereof, to borrow money for the purpose of paying salaries of employees, for the purpose of paying other expenses of operating said institute, and for the purpose of paying obligations already incurred in the operation of said institute and to pay interest on any sums so borrowed at a rate not exceeding the legal rate of interest. Any such loans may be evidenced by notes executed by said corporation and signed on behalf of said corporation by its president and by the chairman of the executive committee of the board of trustees. All loans made as authorized in this section shall be payable within 12 months from the date when such loans are made and shall be repaid from funds appropriated by the State of Alabama for the use of said Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. The aggregate amount of loans negotiated as authorized in this section shall not at any time exceed 15 percent of the moneys which said board of trustees or the executive committee thereof shall anticipate is to be received by said Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind from the State of Alabama during the next 12 months.
(Acts 1951, No. 536, p. 948.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. › Section 21-1-22 - Personal Leave for Teachers Employed by Institute.

Section 21-1-22
Personal leave for teachers employed by institute.
The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall grant personal leave to any teacher employed by said board up to five days annually, noncumulative, during the time schools are in session. Two days of personal leave shall be granted upon request of the teacher with full pay and three days may, at the discretion of the school's board, be granted with part pay or with full pay. The teacher shall whenever possible, notify the board five days in advance of the time such leave is to be taken; however, when such notice is not practical, leave may be taken in the same manner and under the procedures governing sick leave.
(Acts 1975, No. 1057, p. 2119, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. › Section 21-1-23 - Institute Official State Agency to Conduct State Educational and Training Programs.

Section 21-1-23
Institute official state agency to conduct state educational and training programs.
The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind is hereby designated as the official state agency to conduct the state educational and training programs for the deaf, the hearing impaired, the blind, and the visually handicapped within the scope of this chapter or within the scope of its other legal authority.
(Acts 1975, No. 1164, p. 2290, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. › Section 21-1-24 - Textbooks and Instructional Materials Other Than Prescribed by State Board of Education.

Section 21-1-24
Textbooks and instructional materials other than prescribed by State Board of Education.
The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, upon the recommendation of the president, may select and adopt for use in the tax-supported public elementary and high school programs at the institute, textbooks and instructional materials, other than prescribed by the State Board of Education, which are suitable for the needs of deaf and blind students. Whenever textbooks and instructional materials are substituted for the state-approved or state-adopted books and materials, such books or materials shall be used by the teachers in the institute public school programs in teaching any course or courses for which a substitution has been made. Provided, however, such Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall provide free textbooks to all grades which would be provided under the terms of subsection (c) of Section 16-36-65.
(Acts 1983, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 83-920, p. 191, §1; Act 98-320, p. 544, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. › Section 21-1-25 - Large Print and Braille Materials.

Section 21-1-25
Large print and braille materials.
Under the provisions of Section 21-1-24, substitutions shall not include large print nor braille materials as provided under Section 16-36-24.
(Acts 1983, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 83-920, p. 191, §2; Act 98-320, p. 544, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. › Section 21-1-26 - Approval of Book Shipments; Payment.

Section 21-1-26
Approval of book shipments; payment.
The President of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, upon receipt of any shipment of books as provided herein, shall determine if the shipment is in accordance with the invoices or bills. If in accordance he shall approve and receipt the invoice, one copy of which he shall send to the State Superintendent of Education and one copy to the publisher. Upon approval of the State Superintendent of Education, payment shall be made for such purchase and charged against the portion of the state textbook fund which has been credited to the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind as provided by law.
(Acts 1983, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 83-920, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 2 - Operation of Vending Stands by Blind Persons. › Section 21-1-40 - Definitions.

Section 21-1-40
Definitions.
As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) BLIND PERSONS. Any person defined as a blind person by Section 1-1-3.
(2) VENDING STAND. Such shelters, counters, shelves, display and wall cases, refrigerator apparatus, and other auxiliary equipment that may be needed in vending such articles as may be approved by the licensing agency, as well as manual or coin operated vending machines or similar devices.
(3) BUILDING and PROPERTY. Any building, land, or real property owned, leased, or occupied by the State of Alabama, its agencies, institutions, or political subdivisions.
(Acts 1955, No. 543, p. 1200, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 3 - Sale, etc., of Blind-Made Products or Services. › Section 21-1-60 - "Blind-Made" Products or Services Defined.

Section 21-1-60
"Blind-made" products or services defined.
No representation shall be made that a product or service is "blind-made" unless the manufacturer employs blind persons to an extent constituting not less than 75 percent of the total hours worked by personnel engaged in the direct labor, production, or manufacture of blind-made products or services. Direct labor production shall mean all work required for the preparation, processing, and packing, but not including supervision, administration, inspection, and shipping or the production of the materials from which the finished product is manufactured.
(Acts 1955, No. 545, p. 1202, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 3 - Sale, etc., of Blind-Made Products or Services. › Section 21-1-61 - Certification of Products or Services as "Blind-made."

Section 21-1-61
Certification of products or services as "blind-made."
No person or organization shall sell, distribute, or exhibit any product or service which purports or is advertised to be "blind-made" unless the Adult Blind Department of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall certify that such product or service complies with the provisions of Section 21-1-60.
(Acts 1955, No. 545, p. 1202, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 3 - Sale, etc., of Blind-Made Products or Services. › Section 21-1-62 - Penalties for Violation of Article.

Section 21-1-62
Penalties for violation of article.
Any person, including the officers, owners, or members of any corporation or organization, who violates the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine of not exceeding $500.00 or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Acts 1955, No. 545, p. 1202, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 4 - Sale, etc., of Personal Property or Timber Owned by Institute by Auction or Bid. › Section 21-1-80 - Contracts for Sale, etc., of Tangible Personal Property or Standing Timber of Institute by Public Auction or Sealed Bid, Advertisement of Sale; Manner of Taking Bids and Awarding Contract.

Section 21-1-80
Contracts for sale, etc., of tangible personal property or standing timber of institute by public auction or sealed bid, advertisement of sale; manner of taking bids and awarding contract.
All contracts of whatever nature for the sale or disposal of tangible personal property or standing timber owned by the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall be let by free and open competitive public auction or sealed bids by the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. Every proposal to make a sale covered by this article shall be advertised for at least two weeks in advance of the date fixed for receiving the bids. Such advertisement shall appear at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the sale is to be made, and a copy of such proposal shall simultaneously be posted on a readily accessible public bulletin board at the main office of the president of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind and a public bulletin board at the Talladega County Courthouse. Advertisements for bids shall state the item or items to be sold, by class and description, where the property is located, and the dates, time, and place the property may be inspected. The advertisements shall further state the date, time, and place of auction or opening of sealed bids, and no bid shall be received at any time after the time advertised. The bids shall be publicly taken, or opened in case of sealed bids, by the president or his authorized representative, and all bidders shall be entitled to be present in person or by representative. The award of the contract shall be made to the successful bidder within 72 hours after taking of the bids unless the awarding authority, by formal action, provides for a reasonable extension of that period. The bid of the successful bidder so marked, as well as the bids of the unsuccessful bidders in the case of sealed bids, shall be placed on file open to public inspection and shall become matters of public record.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-658, p. 1245, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 4 - Sale, etc., of Personal Property or Timber Owned by Institute by Auction or Bid. › Section 21-1-81 - Authority of President to Sell by Lot or Individual Item, Subject to Consent of Board; When All Bids May Be Rejected and Sale Re-Advertised or Items Sold by Negotiation.

Section 21-1-81
Authority of president to sell by lot or individual item, subject to consent of board; when all bids may be rejected and sale re-advertised or items sold by negotiation.
The President of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, with consent of the majority of the board of trustees, or his authorized representative may sell all items by lot or by individual item, whichever method, in his opinion, will bring the highest return for the items so advertised; provided, however, that in the event all bids received are less than the estimated market value of the property, the president or his authorized representative may reject all bids and re-advertise or sell by negotiated sale, provided further, however, that in the event the property is sold by negotiated sale under the provisions of this section, the value received must be more than the highest bid or bids received.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-658, p. 1245, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 4 - Sale, etc., of Personal Property or Timber Owned by Institute by Auction or Bid. › Section 21-1-82 - Institute's Officers and Employees Not to Act as Agents for Bidders; Ability to Bid or Purchase.

Section 21-1-82
Institute's officers and employees not to act as agents for bidders; ability to bid or purchase.
No officer or employee of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall act as agent for any bidder; provided, however, that such officers or employees shall not be excluded from bidding on or purchasing Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind property under this article.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-658, p. 1245, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 4 - Sale, etc., of Personal Property or Timber Owned by Institute by Auction or Bid. › Section 21-1-83 - Advertised Property to Be Available for Inspection.

Section 21-1-83
Advertised property to be available for inspection.
All property advertised under the provisions of this article shall be available for inspection during the normal office hours and at whatever place advertised for at least 48 hours prior to sale.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-658, p. 1245, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 4 - Sale, etc., of Personal Property or Timber Owned by Institute by Auction or Bid. › Section 21-1-84 - Disposition of Proceeds of Sale.

Section 21-1-84
Disposition of proceeds of sale.
All proceeds from sales made under the provisions of this article shall be paid into the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind general fund or other legally authorized depository, and are hereby continuously appropriated for immediate use by the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-658, p. 1245, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 4 - Sale, etc., of Personal Property or Timber Owned by Institute by Auction or Bid. › Section 21-1-85 - Payment by Purchaser Due Upon Removal; Time Limit for Removal; Exception for Standing Timber.

Section 21-1-85
Payment by purchaser due upon removal; time limit for removal; exception for standing timber.
All property sold under the provisions of this article shall be paid for by the purchaser or his representative at the time of removal, and said removal shall not be later than seven days after the awarding of the contract unless extended in writing by the president or his authorized representative; provided, however, the time limit of seven days shall not be applicable to sales of standing timber.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-658, p. 1245, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 4 - Sale, etc., of Personal Property or Timber Owned by Institute by Auction or Bid. › Section 21-1-88 - Applicability; Validation of Certain Prior Sales.

Section 21-1-88
Applicability; validation of certain prior sales.
This article shall not affect liabilities incurred, rights or benefits accrued, or proceedings begun before August 8, 1991. Provided, however, all sales or disposal of tangible personal property or standing timber owned by the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind and made in accordance with the general procedure provided herein, are hereby validated retroactively.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-658, p. 1245, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 4 - Sale, etc., of Personal Property or Timber Owned by Institute by Auction or Bid. › Section 21-1-86 - Sale Violating This Article Void; Penalties for Persons Responsible and Bondsmen; How Penalties Recovered.

Section 21-1-86
Sale violating this article void; penalties for persons responsible and bondsmen; how penalties recovered.
Any sale of tangible personal property or standing timber of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind made in violation of the terms of this article shall be null and void and the person or persons responsible for the transaction and his bondsman shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00 which may be recovered for the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind by the Attorney General by suit in the Circuit Court of Talladega County.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-658, p. 1245, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally. › Article 4 - Sale, etc., of Personal Property or Timber Owned by Institute by Auction or Bid. › Section 21-1-87 - Violation Constitutes a Misdemeanor.

Section 21-1-87
Violation constitutes a misdemeanor.
Violation of any of the provisions of this article shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-658, p. 1245, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 2 - Workshops, Home Industries, etc., for Blind, Deaf and Other Handicapped Persons. › Section 21-2-1 - Powers of Department of Adult Blind and Deaf as to Development of Workshops, Marketing of Products Produced by Handicapped, Etc.

Section 21-2-1
Powers of Department of Adult Blind and Deaf as to development of workshops, marketing of products produced by handicapped, etc.
The Department of Adult Blind and Deaf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind established pursuant to Section 21-1-15, in addition to all other powers and duties now encumbered upon it, is authorized:
(1) To maintain and develop workshops for training and employing blind, visually handicapped, deaf, and other severely handicapped persons.
(2) To develop, cooperate with and supervise similar shops in other localities in Alabama.
(3) To aid blind, visually handicapped, deaf, and severely handicapped persons in securing employment, in developing home industries, and in marketing their products.
(4) To act as the agent or salesman of workshops or other nonprofit agencies employing blind, visually handicapped, deaf, and other severely handicapped persons in the state under the supervision of such department in the marketing of their products and services. In order to carry out the duties hereby imposed, the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf shall issue a descriptive catalogue showing in detail such articles as are, or may be, produced under its supervision, and shall furnish copies thereof to all purchasing agents for any state department, agency, or institution and to the purchasing agents of the political subdivisions of the state and to other parties who may be interested. Upon receipt of requisitions for goods or services from the purchasing agents of the various state departments, agencies, and institutions or the purchasing agents of the political subdivisions of the state or other parties, the department shall distribute such orders among workshops and other nonprofit agencies under its supervision. The department shall keep accurate records showing the receipts from the sale of such products and services and all disbursements therefrom.
(Acts 1955, No. 542, p. 1197, §1; Acts 1969, No. 427, p. 831, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 2 - Workshops, Home Industries, etc., for Blind, Deaf and Other Handicapped Persons. › Section 21-2-2 - Purchasing Reference for Products or Services Provided by Certain Individuals With Disabilities.

Section 21-2-2
Purchasing reference for products or services provided by certain individuals with disabilities.
Whenever any of the products or services made, provided, or manufactured by individuals with disabilities under the direction or supervision of the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind meet the requirements of any department, institution, or agency supported in whole or in part by the state as to quality and quantity, such products or services shall have preference, except over articles produced or manufactured by convicts in Alabama employed in industries operated or supervised by the Department of Corrections, and all departments, institutions, and agencies supported in whole or in part by the state are directed to purchase the products or services from the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf. All political subdivisions of the state are authorized to purchase articles or services made, provided, or manufactured by individuals with disabilities through the department in the same manner that the state and its agencies and institutions purchase them. A fair market price for all articles offered for sale pursuant to this chapter shall be determined by the board created in Section 21-2-3. The board shall also ensure services approved do not adversely impact services provided under the Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1936, 20 U.S.C. 107 et seq., a vendor program for the hiring of individuals who are blind for the operation of vending facilities on state and federal property, as administered by the Department of Rehabilitation Services.
(Acts 1955, No. 542, p. 1197, §2; Acts 1969, No. 427, p. 831, §2; Act 2016-419, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 2 - Workshops, Home Industries, etc., for Blind, Deaf and Other Handicapped Persons. › Section 21-2-3 - Board to Fix Price of Products Offered for Sale, etc.; Evasion of Article.

Section 21-2-3
Board to fix price of products offered for sale, etc.; evasion of article.
The Director of Finance, the Attorney General, and the president of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind are hereby constituted a board to fix a fair market price for all articles offered for sale under authority of this chapter, to determine whether or not articles produced by blind, visually handicapped, deaf, or other severely handicapped persons meet the reasonable requirements of state departments, agencies, and institutions and to authorize state departments, agencies, and institutions to purchase articles elsewhere when requisitions cannot be complied with through the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf. No department, institution, or agency shall be allowed to evade the intent and meaning of this chapter by slight variations from standards adopted by the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind when the articles produced or manufactured by it, in accordance with its standards, are reasonably adapted to the actual needs of such departments, institutions, agencies, or political subdivisions.
(Acts 1955, No. 542, p. 1197, §3; Acts 1969, No. 427, p. 831, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 2 - Workshops, Home Industries, etc., for Blind, Deaf and Other Handicapped Persons. › Section 21-2-4 - Effect of Violations of Section 21-2-3.

Section 21-2-4
Effect of violations of Section 21-2-3.
No voucher, certificate, or warrant issued by any state department, institution, or agency shall be questioned by the State Comptroller or by the State Treasurer on the grounds that Section 21-2-3 has not been complied with by such department, institution, or agency; but if intentional violation of Section 21-2-3 by any department, institution, or agency continues, after notice from the Governor to desist, it shall constitute a malfeasance in office and shall subject the officer or officers or agents responsible for this violation to suspension or removal from office as may be provided by law in other cases of malfeasance.
(Acts 1955, No. 542, p. 1197, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children. › Section 21-3-1 - Administration of Chapter; Acceptance and Expenditure of Donations, etc.; Agreements With Public and Private Clinics and Agencies.

Section 21-3-1
Administration of chapter; acceptance and expenditure of donations, etc.; agreements with public and private clinics and agencies.
This chapter, together with funds made available through that section or those sections of the federal Social Security Act which relates to crippled children shall be administered by the Board of Rehabilitation Services through the Department of Rehabilitation Services Children’s Rehabilitation Service program and shall be used in the further development of the state's program of physical restoration of crippled children or children having any congenital or acquired malformations or disabilities. The department is hereby authorized to accept donations, gifts, and bequests and to expend the same on approval of the Board of Rehabilitation Services for purposes approved under regulations of the Board of Rehabilitation Services. In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, the State Board of Education is further authorized, through the Department of Rehabilitation Services Children’s Rehabilitation Service program, to enter into agreements with public and private clinics and agencies.
(Acts 1935, No. 398, p. 870; Code 1940, T. 49, §102; Acts 1949, No. 186, p. 218, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children. › Section 21-3-2 - Use of Funds Appropriated for Physical Restoration of Crippled Children.

Section 21-3-2
Use of funds appropriated for physical restoration of crippled children.
Any and all funds appropriated for physical restoration of crippled children may be used for the purpose of enabling the State Board of Education to comply with the federal Social Security Act and to continue to extend and improve the services for locating crippled children or children having any congenital or acquired malformations or disabilities and for providing medical, surgical, plastic, orthopedic, or other corrective services, care and treatment, and facilities for diagnosis, hospitalization, and aftercare for children suffering from disabilities from congenital or acquired malformations or from conditions which lead to disabilities, including eye defects, epilepsy, hearing defects, speech defects, or other congenital or acquired malformations that may be corrected.
(Acts 1935, No. 398, p. 870; Code 1940, T. 49, §101; Acts 1949, No. 186, p. 218, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children. › Section 21-3-3 - Disbursement of Funds.

Section 21-3-3
Disbursement of funds.
All state and federal funds made available for carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be paid by the treasurer on warrants drawn therefor by the Comptroller, on requisition of the Superintendent of Education.
(Acts 1939, No. 367, p. 486; Code 1940, T. 49, §103.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children. › Section 21-3-4 - Compilation of Lists of Children Having Malformations.

Section 21-3-4
Compilation of lists of children having malformations.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children. › Section 21-3-5 - Physical Examination of Children Having Malformations or Disabilities - Required.

Section 21-3-5
Physical examination of children having malformations or disabilities - Required.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children. › Section 21-3-6 - Physical Examination of Children Having Malformations or Disabilities - Report of Findings.

Section 21-3-6
Physical examination of children having malformations or disabilities - Report of findings.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children. › Section 21-3-7 - Physical Examination of Children Having Malformations or Disabilities - Information to Be Given Parents.

Section 21-3-7
Physical examination of children having malformations or disabilities - Information to be given parents.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3 - Crippled and Disabled Children. › Section 21-3-8 - Forms for Reporting Malformations and Disabilities; Disposition of Reports.

Section 21-3-8
Forms for reporting malformations and disabilities; disposition of reports.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1949, No. 187, p. 219, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities. › Section 21-3A-1 - Short Title.

Section 21-3A-1
Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities. › Section 21-3A-2 - Legislative Intent.

Section 21-3A-2
Legislative intent.
The Legislature finds that there is an urgent and substantial need to develop and implement a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency system of early intervention services for all eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities. › Section 21-3A-5 - Early Intervention Services.

Section 21-3A-5
Early intervention services.
To the extent required by and consistent with Part H of Public Law 99-457 as amended, (20 U.S.C. §§1471 to 1485, inclusive), and its implementing regulations, a statewide system of coordinated comprehensive, multidisciplinary, interagency services providing appropriate early intervention services to all eligible infants and toddlers and their families shall include the required minimum components under federal law.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities. › Section 21-3A-6 - Duties of Local Coordinating Council.

Section 21-3A-6
Duties of local coordinating council.
The statewide system shall be implemented at the local level through local coordinating councils. The local coordinating council shall focus on the development of a formal, working team or agency involving parental and other representatives who regularly meet to perform each of the following duties:
(1) Develop a common information base.
(2) Eliminate unnecessary duplication of services.
(3) Develop a local plan.
(4) Coordinate local or regional early intervention services.
(5) Identify gaps in service.
(6) Collaborate on utilization of resources.
(7) Facilitate delivery of service to all eligible infants, toddlers, and their families.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities. › Section 21-3A-7 - Duties of Lead Agency.

Section 21-3A-7
Duties of lead agency.
(a) The lead agency shall be responsible for the general administration, supervision, and monitoring of programs and activities within the early intervention system, including coordination of all available financial resources within the state from federal, state, local, and private sources, and other responsibilities as detailed in federal law.
(b) All providers of early intervention services shall be responsible for meeting all policies, procedures, and standards adopted by the state in providing early intervention services to eligible infants, toddlers, and their families. All participating agencies shall cooperate with the lead agency in meeting these responsibilities.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities. › Section 21-3A-8 - Evaluations; Assessments.

Section 21-3A-8
Evaluations; assessments.
(a) Upon full implementation of the early intervention system, eligible infants and toddlers, and their families shall receive each of the following:
(1) A comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation and assessment of the needs of the infant and toddler and the resources, priorities, and concerns of the family, and the identification of services to meet these needs.
(2) An explanation of the evaluation and assessment and all service options in the native language of the family and other accommodations as may be necessary to assure meaningful involvement in the planning and implementation of all services provided under this chapter. The explanation shall accommodate for cultural differences.
(3) A written individualized family service plan developed according to the recommendations of a multidisciplinary team with the parents as fully participating members of the team.
(4) The services outlined in the individual family service plan which, at a minimum, shall include service coordination.
(5) Procedural safeguards outlined in the regulations.
(b) The individualized family service plan shall serve as the singular comprehensive service plan for all agencies and service providers involved in providing early intervention services to the eligible infant or toddler and the family.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities. › Section 21-3A-9 - Use of Funds Appropriated for Early Intervention Services.

Section 21-3A-9
Use of funds appropriated for early intervention services.
Any federal funds made available to the state through Part H of Public Law 99-457, as amended, (20 U.S.C. §§1471 to 1485, inclusive), and any additional state funds appropriated for early intervention services shall not be used to satisfy a financial commitment for services that would otherwise have been paid for from another public or private source but for the enactment of Part H of Public Law 99-457, as amended, (20 U.S.C. §§1471 to 1485, inclusive). Funds under this part shall only be used for early intervention services that an eligible child needs but is not currently entitled to under any other federal, state, local, or private source.
All public agencies named in this chapter shall comply with Part H of Public Law 99-457, as amended, (20 U.S.C. §§1471 to 1485, inclusive), and its implementing regulations. The public agencies shall participate in the funding of the early intervention system as detailed in each agency's agreement with the lead agency. The lead agency shall present an annual budget request to the Legislature that is developed in conjunction with and through coordination with the named public agencies.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 3A - Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities. › Section 21-3A-10 - Furthering Purpose and Policy.

Section 21-3A-10
Furthering purpose and policy.
This chapter shall be interpreted to be consistent with and further the purpose and policy of Part H of Public Law 99-457, as amended, (20 U.S.C. §§1471 to 1485, inclusive), its implementing regulations, and any subsequent amendments to the law and its implementing regulations.
(Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-920, p. 224, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 4 - Accessibility to and Use of Public Buildings and Facilities by Physically Handicapped Persons. › Article 1 - Accessibility Generally. › Section 21-4-1 - Legislative Intent.

Section 21-4-1
Legislative intent.
(a) This article is concerned with nonambulatory disabilities, semiambulatory disabilities, sight disabilities, hearing disabilities, disabilities of incoordination, and aging.
(b) It is intended to make all buildings and facilities covered by this article accessible to, and functional for, the physically handicapped to, through, and within their doors, without loss of function, space, or facility where the general public is concerned.
(Acts 1965, No. 224, p. 315, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 4 - Accessibility to and Use of Public Buildings and Facilities by Physically Handicapped Persons. › Article 1 - Accessibility Generally. › Section 21-4-2 - Definitions.

Section 21-4-2
Definitions.
For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the meanings as set forth in this section:
(1) NONAMBULATORY DISABILITIES. Impairments that, regardless of cause or manifestation, for all practical purposes, confine individuals to wheelchairs.
(2) SEMIAMBULATORY DISABILITIES. Impairments that cause individuals to walk with difficulty or insecurity. Individuals using braces or crutches, amputees, arthritics, those with neuromuscular disorders, and those with pulmonary and cardiac ills may be semiambulatory.
(3) SIGHT DISABILITIES. Total blindness or impairments affecting sight to the extent that the individual functioning in public areas is insecure or exposed to danger.
(4) HEARING DISABILITIES. Deafness or hearing handicaps that might make an individual insecure in public areas because he is unable to communicate or hear warning signals.
(5) DISABILITIES OF INCOORDINATION. Faulty coordination or palsy from brain, spinal, or peripheral nerve injury.
(6) AGING. Those manifestations of the aging processes that significantly reduce mobility, flexibility, coordination, and perceptiveness but are not accounted for in the aforementioned categories.
(7) STANDARD. When this term appears in small letters it is descriptive and shall mean typical type.
(8) FIXED TURNING RADIUS, WHEEL TO WHEEL. The tracking of the caster wheels and large wheels of a wheelchair when pivoting on a spot.
(9) FIXED TURNING RADIUS, FRONT STRUCTURE TO REAR STRUCTURE. The turning radius of the wheelchair, left front foot platform to right rear wheel or right front foot platform to left rear wheel, when pivoting on a spot.
(10) INVOLVED (INVOLVEMENT). A portion or portions of the human anatomy or physiology or both that have a loss or impairment of normal function as a result of genesis, trauma, disease, inflammation, or degeneration.
(11) RAMPS, RAMPS WITH GRADIENTS. Ramps with gradients or ramps with slopes that deviate from what would otherwise be considered the normal level. An exterior ramp, as distinguished from a "walk" shall be considered an appendage to a building leading to a level above or below existing ground level. As such, a ramp shall meet certain requirements similar to those imposed upon stairs.
(12) WALK, WALKS. A predetermined, prepared-surface exterior pathway leading to or from a building or a facility or from one exterior area to another, placed on the existing ground level and not deviating from the level of the existing ground immediately adjacent.
(13) APPROPRIATE NUMBER. The number of a specific item that would be reasonably necessary, in accord with the purpose and function of a building or a facility, to accommodate individuals with specific disabilities in proportion to the anticipated number of individuals with disabilities who would use a particular building or facility.
(Acts 1965, No. 224, p. 315, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 21 - Handicapped Persons. › Chapter 4 - Accessibility to and Use of Public Buildings and Facilities by Physically Handicapped Persons. › Article 1 - Accessibility Generally. › Section 21-4-3 - Standards and Specifications for Public Buildings and Facilities - Promulgation.

Section 21-4-3
Standards and specifications for public buildings and facilities - Promulgation.
The State Fire Marshal shall prescribe and publish standards and specifications for the buildings, premises, and facilities to which this article applies, which will make such buildings accessible to and functional for the physically disabled who are confined to wheelchairs and to those ambulating on braces or crutches, or both, or on canes, to the blind and to the deaf. Such standards and specifications may be based on the American National Standards Institute specifications, as heretofore or hereafter amended. Such standards and specifications shall apply to building features such as the width of halls and doorways, and the construction of stairs, the installation of ramps, the installation of other equipment and accessories to aid the handicapped, the location and installation of equipment and accessories for the buildings such as public telephones, fire alarms, toilet rooms, lights, heat and ventilation controls or switches, elevator signals, and similar items of frequent or essential use. They shall require both visual and audible warning devices to warn the deaf and blind as well as the public generally of possible hazards. They shall also apply to the grading of the lots on which any building to which this article applies are located and to walks and parking areas accessible to such buildings.
(Acts 1965, No. 224, p. 315, §1; Acts 1975, No. 1210, p. 2524, §1.)