A person shall not be discriminated against under this part because of total or partial blindness unless normal eyesight is absolutely indispensable to do the physical acts to be performed.
It shall be an unlawful employment practice, unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification as determined by a validation study conducted by the Department of Human Resources, for the state to refuse to hire, employ, promote, or select for a training program leading to employment, or to discriminate in compensation or in terms or privileges of employment because of color vision anomaly or defect, commonly known as color blindness or color weakness, in the vision of any person.