The Commission shall:

(1) Administer assistance to the persons in need who are blind under the regulations of this chapter;

(2) Make such rules and regulations and take such action as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out the provisions of this chapter;

(3) Designate the procedure to be followed in securing a competent medical examination for the purpose of determining blindness in the individual applicant for assistance;

(4) Establish standards for personnel employed by the Commission in the administration of this chapter and make necessary rules and regulations to maintain such standards;

(5) Prescribe the form of and print such forms as it may deem necessary and advisable;

(6) Cooperate with the federal government in matters of mutual concern pertaining to assistance to the persons in need who are blind, including the adoption of such methods of administration as are found by the federal government to be necessary for the efficient operation of the plan for such assistance;

(7) Publish an annual report and such interim reports as may be necessary, said reports to be submitted to the Governor, General Assembly and the Federal Security Administrator or the Administrator’s successor;

(8) Designate ophthalmologists or physicians skilled in the diseases of the eye, duly licensed to practice medicine in Delaware and actively engaged in the treatment of diseases of the eye, to examine applicants and recipients of assistance to persons who are blind;

(9) Promulgate rules and regulations stating, in terms of ophthalmic measurements, the amount of visual acuity which an applicant may have and still be eligible for assistance under this chapter; and

(10) Initiate or cooperate with other agencies in developing measures for the prevention of blindness, the restoration of eyesight and the vocational adjustment of persons who are blind.

45 Del. Laws, c. 83, § 5; 46 Del. Laws, c. 288, § 2; 31 Del. C. 1953, § 2302; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§ 350-352.