§ 168-8 – Right to habilitation and rehabilitation services.
168-8. Right to habilitation and rehabilitation services. A person with a disability shall be entitled to such habilitation and rehabilitation services as available and needed for the development or restoration of their capabilities to the fullest extent possible. Such services shall include, but not be limited to, education, training, treatment and other services to provide […]
§ 168-9 – Right to housing.
168-9. Right to housing. Each person with a disability who is a citizen shall have the same right as any other citizen to live and reside in residential communities, homes, and group homes, and no person or group of persons, including governmental bodies or political subdivisions of the State, shall be permitted, or have the […]
§ 168-10 – Eliminate discrimination in treatment of persons with disabilities.
168-10. Eliminate discrimination in treatment of persons with disabilities. Each person with a disability shall have the same consideration as any other person for individual accident and health insurance coverage, and no insurer, service corporation, multiple employer welfare arrangement, or health maintenance organization subject to Chapter 58 of the General Statutes solely on the basis […]
§ 168-14 – Vocational rehabilitation services for deaf persons.
168-14. Vocational rehabilitation services for deaf persons. The Department of Health and Human Services shall promote the employment of deaf persons in this State. The Department shall assist deaf persons whose disability limits employment opportunities in obtaining gainful employment commensurate with their abilities and in maintaining such employment. The Department, in furtherance of these objectives, […]
§ 168-23 – Certain private agreements void.
168-23. Certain private agreements void. Any restriction, reservation, condition, exception, or covenant in any subdivision plan, deed, or other instrument of or pertaining to the transfer, sale, lease, or use of property which would permit residential use of property but prohibit the use of the property as a family care home as defined in G.S. […]
§ 168-4.3 – Training and registration of service animal.
168-4.3. Training and registration of service animal. The Department of Health and Human Services, shall adopt rules for the registration of service animals and shall issue registrations to a person with a disability who makes application for registration of an animal that serves as a service animal or to a person who is training an […]
§ 168-4.4 – Responsibility for service animal.
168-4.4. Responsibility for service animal. Neither a person with a disability who is accompanied by a service animal, nor a person who is training a service animal, may be required to pay any extra compensation for the animal. The person has all the responsibilities and liabilities placed on any person by any applicable law when […]
§ 168-4.5 – Penalty.
168-4.5. Penalty. It is unlawful to disguise an animal as a service animal or service animal in training. It is unlawful to deprive a person with a disability or a person training a service animal of any rights granted the person pursuant to G.S. 168-4.2 through G.S. 168-4.4, or of any rights or privileges granted […]
§ 168-4.6 – Donation of dogs for training.
168-4.6. Donation of dogs for training. Dogs impounded by a local dog warden that are not redeemed shall be donated to a nonprofit agency engaged in the training of service dogs, upon the agency’s request. (1985, c. 514, s. 1; 2005-450, s. 1.)
§ 168-1 – Purpose and definition.
168-1. Purpose and definition. The State shall encourage and enable persons with disabilities to participate fully in the social and economic life of the State and to engage in remunerative employment. For purposes of this Article, the term "person with a disability" shall have the same meaning as set forth in G.S. 168A-3(7a). (1973, c. […]