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Search Results "Public Entity"
2010 ADA Definition
Public Entity: From Regulation 36.104: (1) Any State or local government; (2) Any department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or States or local government; and (3) The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, and any commuter authority (as defined in section 103(8) of the Rail Passenger Service Act).
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1. Ask to find out if an individual is willing to disclose their disability.
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217.4.6 Hospitals
Where at least one public pay telephone is provided serving a hospital emergency room, hospital recovery room, or hospital waiting room, at least one public TTY shall be provided at each...
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4.1.3(17)(c)(i)
(i) if a total number of four or more public pay telephones (including both interior and exterior phones) is provided at a site, and at least one is in an interior location, then at least...
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Amendment of Americans With Disabilities Act Title II and Title III Regulations To Implement ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Congress intended that the primary object of attention in cases brought under the ADA should be whether covered entities have complied with their statutory obligations not to discriminate...
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Consultation on auxiliary aid or service. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
A public accommodation should consult with the individual with a disability, wherever possible, to determine what auxiliary aid or service would provide effective communication. ...
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Section 37.51 Key Stations in Commuter Rail Systems
The five criteria listed in the regulation are intended to guide the selection process but, while the entity must take these criteria into account (and this consideration must be reflected...
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Companions. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department's proposed language for § 36.303(c) imposes no new obligations on places of public accommodation. ...
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Alterations
Entities must ensure that an alteration does not decrease accessibility below the requirements for new construction....
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When do the ADA's employment enforcement provisions become effective?
Charges of discrimination can be filed against employers with 25 or more employees and other covered entities beginning July 26, 1992....
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103 Equivalent Facilitation
The Department believes that the responsibility for determining and demonstrating equivalent facilitation properly rests with the covered entity....
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12186(d)(2) Vehicles and rail passenger cars
(2) Vehicles and rail passenger cars If final regulations have not been issued pursuant to this section, a private entity shall be considered to have complied with the requirements of...
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§1630.14(d)(5)
(5) Compliance with the requirements of this paragraph (d), including the limit on incentives under the ADA, does not relieve a covered entity from the obligation to comply in all respects...
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Temporary Disabilities
In granting eligibility to such a person, the entity should establish an expiration date for eligibility consistent with the expected end of the period disability....
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Section 36.308 Seating in Assembly Areas (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 36.308 Seating in Assembly Areas (Section-by-Section Analysis) In the 1991 rule, § 36.308 covered seating obligations for public accommodations in assembly areas....
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General Scoping for TTYs
General scoping for TTYs in 217.4 includes provisions specific to floors, buildings, and exterior sites and distinguishes between private and public facilities....
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III-4.2200 Specialties
It is not considered discriminatory for a public accommodation with a specialty in a particular area to refer an individual with a disability to a different public accommodation if --...
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Because Title II extends the Rehabilitation Act's prohibition against disability-discrimination beyond federal funding recipients to all public entities, the consistency mandate merely ensures...
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Section 1630.10(b)—Qualification Standards and Tests Related to Uncorrected Vision
An individual challenging a covered entity's application of a qualification standard, test, or other criterion based on uncorrected vision need not be a person with a disability....
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Alterations and Additions [F244.2.1]
When an entity is implementing a transition plan for program accessibility developed pursuant to regulations issued under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which designates specific...
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Alterations and Additions [F245.2.3]
When an entity is implementing a transition plan for program accessibility developed pursuant to regulations issued under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which designates specific...
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Section 36.403 Alterations and Path of Travel (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Proposed § 36.403(a)(1) states that if a private entity has constructed or altered required elements of a path of travel in accordance with the 1991 Standards, the private entity is not...
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Electronic Health Records
Electronic Health Records Finally, electronic health records (EHRs) of covered entities must be accessible to people with disabilities so that all patients are able to access their records...
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ATMs. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department believes that the limitations on the effective communication requirements, which provide that a covered entity does not have to take measures that would result in a fundamental...
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EQUIVALENT FACILITATION
The responsibility for demonstrating equivalent facilitation in the event of a challenge rests with the covered entity....
