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§ 20-14-301. Policy

(a) It is the policy of this state to accord individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities all rights and privileges of other persons with respect to the use of public streets, highways, sidewalks, public buildings, public facilities, public carriers, public housing accommodations, public amusement and resort areas, and other public areas to which […]

§ 20-14-302. Penalty

Any person, firm, or corporation, or the agent of any person, firm, or corporation, who denies or interferes with the admittance to or enjoyment of public facilities and housing accommodations by an individual with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities or otherwise interferes with the rights of an individual with visual, hearing, or other physical […]

§ 20-14-303. Rights generally

(a) Individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities shall have the same rights and privileges as other persons to the full use and enjoyment of: (1) The public streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public places; (2) All common carriers and other public conveyances or modes of transportation, whether by […]

§ 20-14-304. Right to be accompanied by service animal — Penalty and restitution for killing or injuring a service animal or search and rescue dog — Definition

(a) Every individual with visual, hearing, or other disabilities has the right to be accompanied by a service animal especially trained to do work or to perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability in or upon any and all public ways, public places, and other public accommodations and housing accommodations prescribed […]

§ 20-14-305. Access to housing accommodations

(a) Individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities shall be entitled to full and equal access, as other members of the general public, to all housing accommodations offered for rental, lease, or compensation in this state subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to other persons. (b) The […]

§ 20-14-306. Reasonable precautions by drivers

The driver of a vehicle approaching a person with a visual or hearing disability who is carrying a cane which is predominately white or metallic in color with or without a red tip or using a guide or hearing ear dog or the driver of a vehicle approaching a person with another physical disability shall […]

§ 20-14-307. Signs for individuals with disabilities

(a) State agencies which require any persons, agencies, boards, commissions, businesses, or other entities to display signs for individuals with disabilities shall require those persons, agencies, boards, commissions, businesses, or other entities to display only the blue and white international symbol of access. (b) This section shall have no retroactive effect, applying only to signs […]

§ 20-14-308. Guide dog and service dog access

(a) An individual with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities and his or her guide, signal, or service dog or a dog trainer in the act of training a guide, signal, or service dog shall not be denied admittance to or refused access to the following because of the dog: (1) Any street or highway; […]

§ 20-14-309. Website accessibility — Compliance

(a) (1) Before filing a civil action or petition for injunctive relief based on a claim that an entity’s website does not conform with applicable law, codes, guidelines, or standards regulating the functionality of an entity’s website to accommodate a person with a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 […]

§ 20-14-310. Misrepresentation as a service animal — Civil penalty

(a) An individual shall not misrepresent an animal to be a service animal or service animal-in-training to a person or entity that operates a public accommodation. (b) An individual who violates subsection (a) of this section may be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each violation.