NRS482.3835. “Person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk” defined.  


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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)