Definición de persona con discapacidad y materiales peligrosos en Míchigan

Explicación Simple

En Míchigan, una 'persona con discapacidad' es alguien que tiene problemas de salud que dificultan su movilidad o visión. Esto incluye a personas que necesitan ayuda para caminar o que son ciegas. Estas definiciones ayudan a entender quiénes pueden recibir ciertas ayudas o beneficios.

Es como cuando tienes un amigo que no puede correr porque se lastimó la pierna. Sabes que necesita un poco más de apoyo, como un lugar para descansar o una silla para sentarse.

Ejemplo Práctico

María es una mujer de 65 años que tiene problemas de corazón y le cuesta caminar más de 200 pies sin cansarse. Gracias a la definición de 'persona con discapacidad', puede acceder a un lugar de estacionamiento especial cerca de la entrada de su tienda favorita, lo que le facilita hacer sus compras.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 257.19a - “Disabled person” and “person with disabilities” defined Sec. 19a. “Disabled person” or “person with disabilities” means a person who is determined by a physician, a physician assistant, or an optometrist as specifically provided in this section licensed to practice in this state to have 1 or more of the following physical characteristics: (a) Blindness as determined by an optometrist, a physician, or a physician assistant. (b) Inability to walk more than 200 feet without having to stop and rest. (c) Inability to do both of the following: (i) Use 1 or both legs or feet. (ii) Walk without the use of a wheelchair, walker, crutch, brace, prosthetic, or other device, or without the assistance of another person. (d) A lung disease from which the person's forced expiratory volume for 1 second, when measured by spirometry, is less than 1 liter, or from which the person's arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg of room air at rest. (e) A cardiovascular condition that causes the person to measure between 3 and 4 on the New York heart classification scale, or that renders the person incapable of meeting a minimum standard for cardiovascular health that is established by the American heart association and approved by the department of public health. (f) An arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition that severely limits the person's ability to walk. (g) The persistent reliance upon an oxygen source other than ordinary air. MCL 257.19b - “Hazardous material” defined Sec. 19b. “Hazardous material” means explosives, flammable gas, flammable compressed gas, nonflammable compressed gas, flammable liquid, oxidizing material, poisonous gas, poisonous liquid, irritating material, etiologic material, radioactive material, corrosive materi