The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Active user--A person who has borrowed at least one book in the most recent 12-month period beginning September 1, or who is currently subscribing to a magazine produced by the Texas State Library or by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
2. (2) Books--Braille, disc, cassette, and large print publications.
3. (3) Borrower--A person who currently receives service.
4. (4) Commission--The Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
5. (5) Competent authority--In cases of blindness, visual disability, or physical limitation, includes doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathy, ophthalmologists, optometrists, registered nurses, therapists, professional staff of hospitals, institutions, and public or welfare agencies (e.g., social workers, case workers, counselors, rehabilitation teachers, and superintendents). In the absence of any of these, certification may be made by professional librarians or by other persons whose competence is acceptable to the Library of Congress. In the case of reading disability from organic dysfunction, includes only doctors of medicine or osteopathy.
6. (6) Loan period--The period of time beginning with the day the Texas State Library mails a book or magazine to a borrower and ending with the day the Texas State Library receives the returned book or magazine.
7. (7) Magazines--Periodical publications in disc, cassette, braille, or large print format.
8. (8) National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (National Library Service)--A division of the Library of Congress which operates a free national library service that produces recorded and braille materials and distributes them to a cooperating network of regional and subregional libraries, to be circulated by postage-free mail to blind and physically disabled borrowers.
9. (9) Texas State Library--The staff, collections, archives, and property of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission organized to carry out the commission's responsibilities.

Source Note:The provisions of this §9.1 adopted to be effective March 13, 1991, 16 TexReg 1361.