---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 436.530"
title: "42"
number: "436.530"
heading: "Definition of blindness."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/436.530"
---

# §436.530. Definition of blindness.

- (a) **Definition.** The agency must use the definition of blindness that is used in the State plan for AB or AABD.
- (b) **State plan requirement.** The State plan must contain the definition of blindness, expressed in ophthalmic measurements.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1102 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302).

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45218, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.