[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1251.301]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1251_NONDISCRIMINATION ON BASIS OF HANDICAP--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart 1251.3_Accessibility
 
Sec.  1251.301  Existing facilities.

    (a) Accessibility. A recipient shall operate each program or 
activity to which his part applies so that when each part is viewed in 
its entirety it is readily accessible to 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) Methods. A recipient may comply with the requirement of 
paragraph (a) of this section through such means as redesign of 
equipment; reassignment of classes or other services to accessible 
buildings; assignment of aides to beneficiaries; home visits; delivery 
of health, welfare, or other social services at alternate accessible 
sites; alteration of existing facilities and construction of new 
facilities in conformance with the requirements of Sec.  1251.302; or 
any other methods that result in making its program or activity 
accessible to handicapped persons. A recipient is not required to make 
structural changes in existing facilities where other methods are 
effective in achieving compliance with paragraph (a) of this section. In 
choosing among available methods for meeting the requirement of 
paragraph (a) of this section, a recipient shall give priority to those 
methods that serve to handicapped persons in the most integrated setting 
appropriate.
    (c) Time period. A recipient shall comply with the requirement of 
paragraph (a) of this section within 60 days of the effective date of 
this part except that

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where structural changes in facilities are necessary, such changes shall 
be made within 3 years of the effective date of this part, but in any 
event as expeditiously as possible.
    (d) Transition plan. 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 6 months of the 
effective date of this part, a transition plan setting forth the steps 
necessary to complete such changes. The plan shall be developed with the 
assistance of interested persons, including handicapped persons or 
organizations representing handicapped persons. A copy of the transition 
plan shall be made available for public inspection. The plan shall, at a 
minimum:
    (1) Identify physical obstacles in the recipient's facilities that 
limit the accessibility of its program or activity to handicapped 
persons;
    (2) Describe in detail the methods that will be used to make the 
facilities accessible;
    (3) Specify the schedule for taking the steps necessary to achieve 
full accessibility under paragraph (a) of this section and, if the time 
period of the transition plan is longer than 1 year, identify steps that 
will be taken during each year of the transition period; and
    (4) Indicate the person responsible for implementation of the plan.
    (e) Notice. The recipient shall adopt and implement procedures to 
ensure that interested persons, including persons with inpaired vision 
or hearing, can obtain information as to the existence and location of 
services, activities, and facilities that are accessible to and usable 
by handicapped persons.

[51 FR 26862, July 28, 1986, as amended at 68 FR 51351, Aug. 26, 2003]