TITLE 59

PUBLIC OFFICERS IN GENERAL

CHAPTER 10

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

59-1025.  Eligibility of blind persons under merit systems. No partially or totally blind person shall be denied employment under the provisions of any merit system now in effect or hereafter to be established in any department, agency or office of the state of Idaho solely because of his blind condition unless it is clearly demonstrated that sight is essential to the performance of duties. When applying for employment under the provisions of the merit system, a partially or totally blind person may use the services of a reader to assist him in any written examinations.

History:

[59-1025, added 1965, ch. 88, sec. 1, p. 148.]