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§17-1719-10.1 [Eff 09/30/13; am and comp NOV I 0 2016 (Auth: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §§435.121, 435.520, 435.522) (Imp: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §§435.121,-435.520, 435.522) §17-1719-10.1 Categorical requirements for a blind individual. (a) To be eligible under the Aged, Blind, and Disabled Group, a blind individual shall have central visual acuity of 20/200 or worse in the better eye with correcting lens, or the widest field of vision subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees (tunnel vision) . (b) Proof of blindness shall be required, and includes, but is not limited to: 320 6 d (1) Eligibility for or receipt of SSI or RSDI benefits based on blindness. (2) Certification of blindness by the department's division of vocational rehabilitation, Ho'opono, if the requirement of paragraph (1) is not met. (A) Recertification of blindness is not required if the department's division of vocational rehabilitation, Ho'opono, certified the blind individual's condition to be permanent with little chance of improvement and, therefore, specifies that reevaluation is not necessary or warranted. (B) Recertification of blin~ess is required if the individual's condition is not permanent, there is a possibility of improvement, or reevaluation is recommended by the department's division of vocational rehabilitation, Ho'opono. (i) Reevaluation of blindness shall be scheduled as recommended by the department's division of vocational rehabilitation, Ho'opono. (ii) If no evaluation date is indicated, recertification will be scheduled on an annual basis. [Ef f and comp NOV I 0 2016 ] (Auth: HRS §§346-14, 346-29; 346- 62; 42 C.F.R. §§435.121, 435.530, 435. 531,) .(Imp: HRS §346-29; 42 1719-4