§ 1850.103 Definitions. *Auxiliary aids* means services or devices that enable individuals with impaired sensory, manual, or speaking skills to have an equal opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, programs or activities conducted by OSC. For example, auxiliary aids useful for individuals with impaired vision include readers, Braille materials, audio recordings, and other similar services and devices. Auxiliary aids useful for individuals with impaired hearing include telephone handset amplifiers, telephones compatible with hearing aids, telecommunication devices for deaf individuals (TDDs), interpreters, notetakers, written materials, and other similar services and devices.
*Complete complaint* means a written statement that contains the complainant's name and address and describes OSC's alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform OSC of the nature and date of the alleged violation of Section 504. It shall be signed by the complainant or by someone authorized to do so on the complainant's behalf. Complaints filed on behalf of classes or third parties shall describe or identify (by name, if possible) the alleged victims of discrimination.
*Days* means calendar days, unless otherwise stated.
*Facility* means all or any portion of buildings, structures, equipment, roads, walks, parking lots, rolling stock or other conveyances, or other real or personal property.
*Historic properties* means those properties that are listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places or properties designated as historic under a statute of the appropriate State or local government body.
*Individual with a disability* means any individual who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, has a record of such an impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment. The following phrases used in this definition are further defined as follows:
*Physical or mental impairment* includes— ( 1 ) 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; genitourinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; or
( 2 ) Any mental or psychological disorder, such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities.
( 3 ) Also, physical and mental 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, and drug addiction and alcoholism.
*Major life activities* include functions such as— ( 1 ) Caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, sitting, reaching, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, writing, communicating, interacting with others, and working; and
( 2 ) The operation of a *major bodily function,* such as the functions of the immune system, special sense organs and skin, normal cell growth, and digestive, genitourinary, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, cardiovascular, endocrine, hemic, lymphatic, musculoskeletal, and reproductive systems. The operation of a major bodily function includes the operation of an individual organ within a body system.
*Qualified individual with a disability* means— ( 1 ) With respect to any OSC program or activity under which an individual is required to perform services or to achieve a level of accomplishment, an individual with a disability who meets the essential eligibility requirements and who can achieve the purpose of OSC's program or activity without modifications in the program or activity that OSC can demonstrate would result in a fundamental alteration in its nature;
( 2 ) With respect to any other program or activity, an individual with a disability who meets the essential eligibility requirements for participation in, or receipt of benefits from, that program or activity; and
( 3 ) Qualified individuals with disabilities as that term is defined for purposes of employment in *29* CFR 1614.203, which is made applicable to this part by § 1850.130.
*Has a record of such an impairment* means has a history of, or has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
*Is regarded as having an impairment* means— ( 1 ) Has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit major life activities but is treated by the agency as constituting such a limitation;
( 2 ) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward such impairment; or
( 3 ) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (1) of this definition but is treated by the agency as having such an impairment.
*Section 504* means Section 504 of the *Rehabilitation Act of 1973* (*Pub. L.* No. 93-112, *87 Stat. 394* (*29 U.S.C. 794*)), as amended by the *Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974* (*Pub. L.* No. 93-516, *88 Stat. 1617*); the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1978 (*Pub. L.* No. 95-*602, 92 Stat. 2955*); and the *Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986* (Pub. L. 99-506, *100 Stat. 1810*). As used in this part, Section 504 applies only to programs or activities conducted by Executive agencies and not to federally assisted programs.