Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 21 - KANSAS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Article 70 - NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY BY PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
Section 21-70-1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 21-70-1

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) "Current illegal use of drugs" means illegal use of drugs that occurred recently enough to justify a reasonable belief that a person's use is current or that continuing use is a real and ongoing problem.

(b) "Professional office of health care provider" means a location where a person or entity regulated by the State of Kansas to provide professional services related to the physical or mental health of an individual makes such services available to the public. The facility housing the "professional office of a health care provider" shall only include floor levels housing at least one health care provider, or any floor level designed or intended for use by at least one health care provider.

(c) "Public transportation facility" means transportation by bus, rail, aircraft, or any other conveyance that provides the general public with general or special services, including charter services, on a regular and continuing basis.

(d) "Qualified interpreter" means an interpreter who is able to interpret effectively, accurately and impartially both receptively and expressively, using any necessary specialized vocabulary.

(e) "Service animal" means any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items.

(f) "Shopping center or shopping mall" means:

(1) a building housing five or more places of public accommodation; or

(2) a series of buildings on a common site, either under common ownership or common control or developed either as one project or as a series of related projects, housing five or more places of public accommodation. The facility housing a "shopping center or shopping mall" only includes floor levels housing at least one place of public accommodation, or any floor level designed or intended for use by at least one place of public accommodation.

(g) As used in these regulations, "the act" means the Kansas act against discrimination, K.S.A. 44-1001 et seq., as amended.

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