Editorial Note on Part 17
Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 17 appear at 68 FR 51376, Aug. 26, 2003.

§ 17.202 Definitions. As used in this subpart, the term: ( a ) *The Act* means the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 93-112, as amended by the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974, Public Law 93-516, and the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Service, and Developmental Disabilities Act of 1978, Public Law 95-602, 29 U.S.C. 700 *et seq.*
( b ) *Section 504* means section 504 of the Act.
( c ) *Education of the Handicapped Act* means that statute as amended by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, Public Law 94-142, 20 U.S.C. 1401 *et seq.*
( d ) *Department* means the Department of the Interior.
( e ) *Director* means the Director of the Office for Equal Opportunity of the Department.
( f ) *Recipient* means any State or its political subdivision, any instrumentality of a State or its political subdivision, any public or private agency, institution, organization, or other entity, or any person to which Federal financial assistance is extended directly or through another recipient, including any successor, assignee, or transferee of a recipient, but excluding the ultimate beneficiary of the assistance.
( g ) *Applicant for assistance* means one who submits an application, request, or plan required to be approved by a Department official or by a recipient as a condition to becoming a recipient.
( h ) *Federal financial assistance* means any grant, cooperative agreement, loan, contract (other than a procurement contract or a contract of insurance or guaranty), or any other arrangement by which the Department provides or otherwise makes available assistance in the form of: ( 1 ) Funds;
( 2 ) Services of Federal personnel; or
( 3 ) Real and personal property or any interest in or use of such property, including: ( i ) Easements, transfers or leases of such property for less than fair market value or for reduced consideration; and
( ii ) Proceeds from a subsequent transfer or lease of such property if the Federal share of its fair market value is not returned to the Federal Government.
( i ) *Facility* means all or any portion of buildings, structures, equipment, roads, walks, parking lots, outdoor spaces, including those used for recreation, park sites, developed sites, or other real or personal property or interest in such property.
( j ) *Handicapped person.* ( 1 ) Handicapped person means any person who ( i ) has a physical, mental or sensory impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities,
( ii ) has a record of such an impairment, or
( iii ) is regarded as having such an impairment.
( 2 ) As used in paragraph (j)(1)(i) of this section, the phrase: ( i ) *Physical, mental or sensory impairment* means ( A ) any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems: Neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genito-urinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; or
( B ) any mental or psychological disorder, such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities. The term “physical, mental or sensory impairment” includes, but is not limited to, such diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism.
( ii ) *Major life activities* means functions such as caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
( iii ) *Has a record of such an impairment* means has a history of, or has been misclassified as having a mental, physical or sensory impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
( iv ) *Is regarded as having an impairment* means: ( A ) Has a physical, mental or sensory impairment that does not substantially limit major life activities but that is treated by a recipient as constituting such a limitation;
( B ) Has a physical, mental or sensory impairment that substantially limits major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward such impairment; or
( C ) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (j)(2)(i) of this section but is treated by a recipient as having such an impairment.
( k ) *Qualified handicapped person* means: ( 1 ) With respect to employment, a handicapped person who, with reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the job in question. Insofar as this part relates to employment of handicapped persons, the term “handicapped person” does not include any individual who is an alcoholic or drug abuser whose current use of alcohol or drugs prevents such individual from performing the duties of the job in question or whose employment, by reason of such current alcohol or drug abuse, would constitute a direct threat to property or the safety of others.
( 2 ) With respect to public preschool, elementary, secondary, or adult education services, a handicapped person ( i ) of an age during which nonhandicapped persons are provided such services,
( ii ) of any age during which it is mandatory under State law to provide such services to handicapped persons, or
( iii ) to whom a State is required to provide a free appropriate public education under section 612 of the Education of the Handicapped Act.
( 3 ) With respect to postsecondary and vocational education services, a handicapped person who meets the academic and technical standards requisite to admission or participation in the recipient's education program or activity.
( 4 ) With respect to services, a handicapped person who meets the essential eligibility requirements for the receipt of such services.
( l ) *Handicap* means any condition or characteristic that renders a person a handicapped person as defined in paragraph (j)(2)(i) of this section.
( m ) *Integrated setting* means that whenever possible, the recipient should make its aid, benefits, or services available to the handicapped in the same setting and under similar circumstances as are available to the nonhandicapped.
( n ) *Ultimate beneficiary* means one among a class of persons who are entitled to benefit from, or otherwise participate in, programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance and to whom the protections of this subpart extend. The ultimate beneficiary class may be the general public or some narrower group of persons.
( o ) *Advisory Council* means the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
( p ) *ATBCB* means the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, an agency empowered by the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (Pub. L. 90-480) to establish accessibility standards under section 502.
( q ) *Program or activity* means all of the operations of any entity described in paragraphs (q)(1) through (4) of this section, any part of which is extended Federal financial assistance: ( 1 ) ( i ) A department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or of a local government; or
( ii ) The entity of such State or local government that distributes such assistance and each such department or agency (and each other State or local government entity) to which the assistance is extended, in the case of assistance to a State or local government;
( 2 ) ( i ) A college, university, or other postsecondary institution, or a public system of higher education; or
( ii ) A local educational agency (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 7801), system of vocational education, or other school system;
( 3 ) ( i ) An entire corporation, partnership, or other private organization, or an entire sole proprietorship— ( A ) If assistance is extended to such corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole proprietorship as a whole; or
( B ) Which is principally engaged in the business of providing education, health care, housing, social services, or parks and recreation; or
( ii ) The entire plant or other comparable, geographically separate facility to which Federal financial assistance is extended, in the case of any other corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole proprietorship; or
( 4 ) Any other entity which is established by two or more of the entities described in paragraph (q)(1), (2), or (3) of this section.
[47 FR 29546, July 7, 1982, as amended at 68 FR 51377, Aug. 26, 2003]