New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle I - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Chapter I - Parks › Subchapter A - Statewide Rules › Part 381 - Access Pass › Section 381.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Whenever used in this Part:
(a) Access pass shall mean the authorization
					 issued under this Part to an individual who qualifies for free use of a park
					 facility under the jurisdiction of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic
					 Preservation or the Department of Environmental Conservation.
(b) Commissioner shall mean the Commissioner
					 of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
(c) Department shall mean the Department of
					 Environmental Conservation.
(d)
					 Free use shall mean waiver of the base fees (excluding amenities) assessed by
					 the office or the department at a park facility.
(e) Office shall mean the Office of Parks,
					 Recreation and Historic Preservation.
(f) Park facility shall mean a campsite,
					 cabin, park, or other public place of recreation or historic site under the
					 jurisdiction of the office of the department.
(g) Person who has a mental disability shall
					 mean a person who is eligible to receive services from a program licensed,
					 operated, certified or funded by the Office of Mental Retardation and
					 Developmental Disabilities or the Office of Mental Health.
(h) Person who is blind shall mean a person
					 who has a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less or limitation in the field of
					 vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angel no
					 greater than 20 degrees in the better eye with the use of a correcting
					 lens.
(i) Person who is deaf shall
					 mean a person with profound hearing loss causing the person to primarily rely
					 on visual communications (sign language, lip reading, gestures) and assistive
					 technology.
(j) Person who is
					 nonambulatory shall mean a person who is permanently disabled, requires use of
					 a wheelchair and who has severely limited mobility.
(k) Person who has an amputed arm or leg
					 shall mean a person who has a fully or partially amputated or congenitally
					 absent arm or leg, excluding the extremities of the hands and feet.
(l) Physician's certification shall mean a
					 physician's attestation on a form provided by the office that the applicant is
					 a person who has an amputated arm or leg or a person who is blind, deaf or
					 nonambulatory. The certification must be made within six months of the
					 application date by a physician currently practicing in and licensed to
					 practice by New York State. The certification must accompany the first
					 application, and may be required to accompany subsequent renewal
					 applications.
(m) Resident shall
					 mean a person whose primary residence or whose legal guardian's primary
					 residence is located within New York State as identified by copies of the
					 following documents that must accompany the application: the New York State tax
					 return (IT 201) for the preceding tax year or a valid New York State driver's
					 license or a New York State non-driver's identification card that show the
					 person's name and a New York State address.
(n) Veteran who has a disability shall mean
					 any veteran of the wars of the United States with a 40 percent or greater
					 disability as certified by the United States Veterans Administration, or who
					 has at any time been awarded by the Federal government an allowance towards the
					 purchase of an automobile or who is eligible for such an award.