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NRS 482.3835 - “Person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk” defined.

NV Rev Stat § 482.3835 (2019) (N/A)
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“Person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk” means a person who:

1. Cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest;

2. Cannot walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, wheelchair or prosthetic or other assistive device, or another person;

3. Is restricted by a lung disease to such an extent that the person’s forced expiratory volume for 1 second, when measured by a spirometer, is less than 1 liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 millimeters of mercury on room air while the person is at rest;

4. Uses portable oxygen;

5. Has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person’s functional limitations are classified in severity as a Class III or Class IV according to standards adopted by the American Heart Association;

6. Has a visual disability; or

7. Is severely limited in his or her ability to walk because of an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 1386; A 2003, 376)

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