Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Technology Services
Title R895 - Technology Services
Rule R895-2 - Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Complaint Procedure
Section R895-2-2 - Definitions

(1) "Department" mean the Utah Department of Technology Services.

(2) "Department ADA Coordinator" means an individual, appointed by the executive director of the Department of Technology Services', who has responsibility for investigating and providing prompt and equitable resolution of complaints filed by qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, or provisions of this rule.

(3) "Disability" means, with respect to an individual with a disability, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such an individual; a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such an impairment.

(4) "Major life activities" include caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, and working. A major life activity also includes the operation of a major bodily function, such as functions of the immune system, normal cell growth, digestive, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine, and reproductive functions.

(5) "Individual with a disability" (hereinafter "individual") means a person who has a disability which limits one of his major life activities and who meets the essential eligibility requirement for the receipt of services or the participation in programs or activities provided by the Department of Technology Services, or who would otherwise be an eligible applicant for vacant state positions, as well as those who are employees of the state.