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Religious Entity: Religious entity means a religious organization, including a place of worship.
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Equivalent Facilitation [§103]
In the case of DOJ’s ADA Standards, the responsibility for demonstrating equivalent facilitation in the event of a legal challenge or complaint rests with the covered entity....
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Sections 35.101 and 36.101—Purpose and Broad Coverage
The primary object of attention in ADA cases should be whether covered entities have complied with their obligations and whether discrimination has occurred, not whether the individual meets...
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C. Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Title II of the ADA (42 U.S.C. 12131 to 12165) applies to state and local governments, and Title III of the ADA (42 U.S.C. 12189 to 12189) applies to private entities that are public accommodations...
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Triggering event. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
After considering these comments, the Department has decided to continue to use the commencement of physical construction as the triggering event for application of the 2010 Standards for entities...
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Species limitations. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Department agrees with commenters' views that limiting the number and types of species recognized as service animals will provide greater predictability for State and local government entities...
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A Bird’s Eye View of the House Deliberations
The principal focus in the House was not the needs of persons with disabilities, which had already been well-established by the Senate, but, rather, the bill’s effect on “covered entities...
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Family members and friends as interpreters. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department stresses that privacy and confidentiality must be maintained but notes that covered entities, such as hospitals, that are subject to the Privacy Rules, 45 CFR parts 160 and...
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Swimming pools, wading pools, saunas, and steam rooms. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Department has carefully considered all the information available to it as well as the comments submitted on these two proposed exemptions for swimming pools owned or operated by title III entities...
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Multi-Story Buildings and Facilities: ADA Standard Section 206.2.3
Section 206.2.3 covers the scoping requirements in the most current ADA Standards for accessible routes within multi-story buildings and facilities
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Safe Harbors
When DOJ updated the ADA Regulations and adopted the 2004 ADAAG in 2010, it recognized that many business owners and government entities had already invested considerable time, effort and...
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C. Costs and Benefits
The FRFA has been used by the Department to help determine whether small entities would be disproportionately burdened....
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a) Public Right-of-Way
App. 4th at 821; see also ADA Title II Technical Assistance Manual, II-5.3000 Curb Ramps ("To promote both efficiency and accessibility, public entities may choose to construct curb ramps...
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Uniform Federal Accessibility Guidelines (UFAS)
technical provisions for doors that are specific requirements, such as the required clear passage width of a doorway. 3 The elevator exemption, which only applies to non-governmental entities...
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Section 1630.4 Discrimination Prohibited
However, part 1630 is not intended to limit the ability of covered entities to choose and maintain a qualified workforce....
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Altered Elements on an Accessible Route
Regulations issued under title II of the ADA by DOJ and HUD under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act require each program or activity conducted by a covered entity or a program or activity...
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Section 9, Accessible Transient Lodging (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
In new construction, homeless shelters and other social service entities must comply with ADAAG; at least one type of amenity in each common area must be accessible....
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III. DISCUSSION
(2) Under Title II of the ADA, there is no undue burden defense available to public entities for failure to make their facilities that have been newly constructed or altered since January...
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"Qualified Small Business" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
A qualified small business is a business entity defined as a small business concern under the regulations promulgated by the Small Business Administration (SBA) pursuant to the Small Business...
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Comfort animals vs. psychiatric service animals.
Under the Department's present regulatory language, some individuals and entities have assumed that the requirement that service animals must be individually trained to do work or perform...
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ACCESSIBILITY
The Title II regulations also impose a requirement that each service, program or activity of a public entity, when viewed in its entirety, is readily accessible to and usable by persons...
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SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 POLICY INTERPRETATION NO. 5
Coverage: This policy interpretation applies to any public or private institution, person, or other entity that receives or benefits from HEW financial assistance....
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Place of public accommodation
Place of public accommodation means a facility operated by a private entity whose operations affect commerce and fall within at least one of the following categories— (1) Place of lodging...
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3. Relationship between Functional Performance Criteria and Technical Provisions
That is, a covered entity would have the option of applying the concept of equivalent facilitation in order to achieve conformance with the intent of the technical requirements, provided...