Accessible Health Care Briefs: CHOOSING AND NEGOTIATING AN ACCESSIBLE FACILITY LOCATION

2. a. iii. Costs

Leases should be reviewed to determine if the property owner or tenant is responsible for the cost of any ADA related changes.^viii

The existence of an accessible parking space doesn't make a building accessible.

The follow [sic] is a non-exhaustive list of disability access issues that should be evaluated in choosing a new business location:

• Adequate accessible parking,

• Accessible entrance,

• Doors at entrances,

• Accessible door hardware,

• Adequate wheelchair maneuvering space,

• Accessible fixed seating and tables, and

• Accessible sales and service counters.