[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR113.3-3]

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                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 113_NONDISCRIMINATION IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OF 
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  113.3-3  Structural accommodations for handicapped clients.

    (a) Existing facilities. Recipients in preexisting structures shall 
make their goods or services accessible to and usable by handicapped 
clients. Where structural changes are necessary to make the recipient's 
goods or services accessible, such changes shall be made as soon as 
practicable, but in no event later than three years after the effective 
date of this Regulation. A plan setting forth the steps necessary to 
complete such structural changes shall be developed and submitted to 
SBA. If practical, interested persons, including handicapped persons or 
organizations representing handicapped persons, will be consulted.
    (b) Design, construction, and alteration. New facilities shall be 
designed and constructed to be readily accessible to and usable by 
persons with handicaps. Alterations to existing facilities that affect 
usability shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be designed and 
constructed to be readily accessible to and usable by handicapped 
persons.
    (c) Conformance with Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards. (1) 
Effective as of January 18, 1991, design, construction, or alteration of 
buildings in conformance with sections 3-8 of the Uniform Federal 
Accessibility Standards (UFAS) (appendix A to 41 CFR subpart 101-19.6) 
shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this section with 
respect to those buildings. Departures from particular technical and 
scoping requirements of UFAS by the use of other methods are permitted 
where substantially equivalent or greater access to and usability of the 
building is provided.
    (2) For purposes of this section, section 4.1.6(1)(g) of UFAS shall 
be interpreted to exempt from the requirements of UFAS only mechanical 
rooms and other spaces that, because of their intended use, will not 
require accessibility to the public or beneficiaries or result in the 
employment or residence therein of persons with physical handicaps.
    (3) This section does not require recipients to make building 
alterations that have little likelihood of being accomplished without 
removing or altering a load-bearing structural member.

[44 FR 20068, Apr. 4, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 81734, Dec. 12, 1980; 55 
FR 52138, 52140, Dec. 19, 1990]