[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR36.101]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 36--NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY BY PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND IN COMMERCIAL FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 36.101  Purpose.


    The purpose of this part is to implement title III of the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181), which prohibits 
discrimination on the basis of disability by public accommodations and 
requires places of public accommodation and commercial facilities to be 
designed, constructed, and altered in compliance with the accessibility 
standards established by this part.