[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1232.14]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
       CHAPTER XII--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
PART 1232--NON-DISCRIMINATION ON BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM ACTION--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Program Accessibility
 
Sec. 1232.14  Existing facilities.

    (a) A recipient shall operate each program or activity to which this 
part applies so that the program or activity, when viewed in its 
entirety, is readily accessible and usable by handicapped persons. This 
paragraph does not require a recipient to make each of its existing 
facilities or every part of a facility accessible to and usable by 
handicapped persons.
    (b) A recipient is not required to make structural changes in 
existing facilities where other methods are effective in achieving 
compliance with this section. Where structural changes are necessary to 
make programs or activities in existing facilities accessible, such 
changes shall be made as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 
three years after the effective date of the regulation.
    (c) In the event that structural changes to facilities are necessary 
to meet the requirement of paragraph (a) of this section, a recipient 
shall develop, within six months of the effective date of this part, a 
transition plan which sets forth in detail the steps necessary to 
complete the changes, and a schedule for taking those steps. The plan 
shall be developed with the assistance of interested persons, including 
handicapped persons or organizations representing handicapped persons. A 
copy of the plan shall be made available for public inspection.