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MS Code § 43-6-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 43-6-13. White Cane Safety Days

 Each year the governor shall publicly proclaim October 15 as White Cane Safety Day. He shall issue a proclamation in which:   Comments shall be made upon the significance of this article.   Citizens of the state are called upon to observe the provisions of this article and to take precautions necessary to the safety of disabled persons.   Citizens of the state are reminded of the policies with respect to disabled persons declared in this article and be urged to cooperate in giving effect to them.   Emphasis shall be made on the need of the citizenry to be aware of the presence of disabled persons in the community and to keep safe and functional for the disabled the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, other public places, places of public accommodation, amusement and resort, and other places to which the public is invited, and to offer assistance to disabled persons upon appropriate occasions.   It is the policy of this state to encourage and enable blind persons, visually handicapped persons, and other physically disabled persons to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in remunerative employment.
MS Code § 43-6-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 43-6-15. Employment in government service

 No person shall be refused employment in state services, the service of political subdivisions of the state, in public schools, or any other employment supported in whole or in part by public funds, by reason of his being blind, visually handicapped, deaf, or otherwise physically handicapped, unless such disability shall materially affect the performance of the work required by the job for which such person applies.
MS Code § 43-6-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-101. Applicability of standards

 The State Building Commission, the boards of supervisors of each county, the governing authorities of each municipality and the governing authorities of all political subdivisions of this state, pursuant to an order of the state board of health, shall cause to be constructed such entrance ramps to facilitate ingress and egress in each public building under the supervision of the said governing bodies, including buildings which presently exist, which are presently under construction, or which may be constructed after July 1, 1972. The standards and specifications set forth in Sections 43-6-103 through 43-6-121 shall apply to all buildings of assembly, educational institutions, office buildings, and other public buildings which are constructed in whole or in part by the use of state, county or municipal funds, or the funds of any instrumentality of the state, except where such compliance is impractical in the opinion of the state board of health. All such buildings and facilities in this state on which design contracts are awarded after July 1, 1972, shall conform to each of the standards and specifications prescribed therein.
MS Code § 43-6-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-103. Primary entrances

  At least one (1) primary entrance to each building shall be accessible by individuals in wheelchairs from a point of vehicular arrival and such access shall be by means of a walk or walks at least forty-eight (48) inches wide and having a gradient not greater than five percent (5%), or eight and thirty-three one-hundredths percent (8.33%) with handrails. These walks shall be of a continuing surface, not interrupted by steps or abrupt changes in level. Wherever walks cross other walks, driveways, or parking lots they shall blend to a common level. A walk shall have a level platform at the top which is at least five (5) feet by five (5) feet, if a door swings out onto the platform or toward the walk. This platform shall extend at least one (1) foot beyond each side of the doorway. A walk shall have a level platform at least three (3) feet deep and five (5) feet wide, if the door does not swing onto the platform or toward the walk. This platform shall extend at least one (1) foot beyond each side of the doorway.   Each building shall have at least one (1) primary entrance which is accessible to individuals in wheelchairs. In multi-story buildings, such primary entrance shall provide access to an elevator either on a level plane or by ramp.  Doors shall have a clear opening of no less than thirty-two (32) inches when fully open and shall be operable by a single effort. The floor on the inside and outside of each doorway shall be level for a distance of five (5) feet from the door in the direction the door swings and shall extend one (1) foot beyond each side of the door. Sharp inclines and abrupt changes in level shall be avoided at doorsills. As much as practicable, thresholds shall be flush with the floor.
MS Code § 43-6-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-105. Public parking

 Where public parking is provided, at least one (1) parking area shall be made accessible to the building by either placing it at the grade level of one (1) floor of the building or providing ramps at curbs or steps between the parking area and the building.
MS Code § 43-6-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-107. Ramps

 Where ramps are necessary or desired, they shall conform to the following specifications:   The ramp shall not have a slope greater than one (1) foot rise in twelve (12) feet of run, or eight and thirty-three one-hundredths percent (8.33%), or four (4) degrees fifty (50) minutes.   Any such ramp shall have a handrail on at least one (1) side, and preferably two (2) sides. The top of handrails shall be thirty-two (32) inches above the surface of the ramp and shall extend one (1) foot beyond the top and bottom of the ramp.   The ramp shall be at least thirty-two (32) inches wide (inside clear measurements) and have a surface that is nonslip.   If a door swings out onto the platform or toward the ramp, the platform of the ramp shall be at least five (5) feet by five (5) feet. This platform size shall be clear of door swing.   If the door does not swing onto the platform or toward the ramp, this platform shall be at least three (3) feet deep and five (5) feet wide. This platform size shall be clear of door swing.   The bottom of the ramp shall have at least a six-foot level run.   Where the ramp exceeds thirty (30) feet in length, level platforms shall be provided at thirty-foot intervals. Level platforms shall also be provided at turns in the ramp. Platforms shall be at least thirty-two (32) inches wide by five (5) feet long.
MS Code § 43-6-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-109. Steps and stairs

 Steps in stairs shall be designed wherever practicable so as not to have abrupt (square) nosing. Stairs shall have handrails thirty-two (32) inches high as measured from the tread at the face of the riser. Stairs shall have at least one (1) handrail that extends at least eighteen (18) inches beyond the top step and beyond the bottom step. Steps should, wherever possible, and in conformation with existing step formulas, have risers that do not exceed seven (7) inches.
MS Code § 43-6-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-111. Floors

 Floors shall wherever practicable have a surface that is nonslip. Floors on the same story shall be of a common level throughout or be connected by a ramp in accord with Section 43-6-107.
MS Code § 43-6-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-113. Toilet facilities

  An appropriate number of toilet rooms shall be accessible to, and usable by, the physically handicapped and shall have space to allow traffic of individuals in wheelchairs.   Toilet rooms for each sex shall have at least one (1) toilet stall that: (a) is three (3) feet wide; (b) is at least four (4) feet eight (8) inches, preferably five (5) feet deep; (c) has a door (where doors are used) that is thirty-two (32) inches wide and swings out; (d) has handrails on each side, thirty-three (33) inches high and parallel to the floor, one and one-half (11/2) inches in outside diameter, with one and one-half (11/2) inches clearance between rail and wall, and fastened securely at ends and center; and (e) has a water closet with the seat twenty (20) inches from the floor.   Such toilet rooms shall have at least one (1) lavatory with a narrow apron, which when mounted at standard height is usable by individuals in wheelchairs, or shall have lavatories mounted higher, when particular designs demand, so that they are usable by individuals in wheelchairs.   Mirrors and shelves shall be provided above such lavatory at a height as low as practicable and no higher than forty (40) inches above the floor, measured from the top of the shelf and the bottom of the mirror.   Toilet rooms for men which have wall-mounted urinals shall have an appropriate number of such urinals with the opening of the basin nineteen (19) inches from the floor, or shall have floor-mounted urinals that are on level with the main floor of the toilet room.   Toilet rooms shall have an appropriate number of towel racks, towel dispensers, and other dispensers and disposal units mounted with openings of dispensers or receptacles no higher than forty (40) inches from the floor.
MS Code § 43-6-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-115. Water supply

 An appropriate number of water fountains or other water dispensing means shall be accessible to, and usable by, the physically disabled. Water fountains or coolers shall have up-front spouts and controls. Water fountains or coolers shall be hand-operated or hand-and-foot operated.
MS Code § 43-6-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-117. Elevators

 Where elevators are to be provided, at least one (1) bank of elevators, or one (1) single elevator if installed in single units, shall be accessible to, and usable by, persons with physical disabilities at all levels normally used by the general public. Such bank of elevators or such single elevator shall be designed to allow for traffic by wheelchairs.
MS Code § 43-6-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-119. Switches and controls

 Switches and controls for light, heat, ventilation, windows, draperies, elevators, fire alarms, and all similar controls of frequent or essential use shall be placed within the reach of individuals in wheelchairs, and not to exceed forty-eight (48) inches from the floor level.
MS Code § 43-6-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-121. Removal of hazards

 Every effort shall be exercised to obviate all hazards to individuals with physical disabilities.
MS Code § 43-6-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-123. Enforcement of article

 The State Board of Health shall be responsible for reviewing plans and specifications of the proposed building or improvements to determine whether the buildings referred to in Section 43-6-101 will be in compliance with this article. The board shall collect a fee from the state, county, municipality or other public agency proposing to contract for the construction, to cover the cost of such review. The fee shall be one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) of the estimated cost, with a maximum fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00), calculated and paid on the basis of the engineering estimate or architect's estimate of the total cost of the particular work or improvement, which estimate is to be furnished to the state board of health along with the plans and specifications.   The State Board of Health shall not require that those state-funded buildings in existence or presently under construction comply with this article, except as to entrance ramps to facilitate ingress and egress; however, all buildings affected by this article on which design contracts are awarded after July 1, 1972, shall comply with such specifications. The state board of health is hereby further authorized to promulgate any rules that, in its discretion, are necessary to perform the duties delegated it by this article.
MS Code § 43-6-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 3 - Public Building Facilities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-125. Public buildings designed or equipped to accommodate persons with disabilities to be marked by signs

 All public buildings constructed or remodeled in accordance with the standards and requirements of Sections 43-6-101 through 43-6-123, or containing facilities that are in compliance therewith, shall display a symbol which is white on a blue background. The specifications for this symbol shall be furnished by the state board of health indicating the location of such facilities designed for the physically handicapped. When a building contains an entrance other than the main entrance which is ramped or level for use by the physically handicapped persons, a sign showing its location shall be posted at or near the main entrance which shall be visible from the adjacent public sidewalk or way.
MS Code § 43-6-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 5 - Mississippi Support Animal Act|§ 43-6-151. Short title

 Sections 43-6-151 through 43-6-155 shall be known as and may be cited as the "Mississippi Support Animal Act."
MS Code § 43-6-155 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 5 - Mississippi Support Animal Act|§ 43-6-155. Support animals' access to public places; limitations

  Any blind person, mobility impaired person, armed services veteran diagnosed with PTSD or hearing impaired person who uses a support animal specifically trained as a guide, leader, listener or for any other necessary assistance in day-to-day activities shall be entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of all public conveyances, hotels, lodging places, businesses open to the public for the sale of any goods or services and all places of public accommodation, amusement, or resort and other places to which the general public is invited, and may take the support animal into conveyances and places, subject only to the conditions and limitations applicable to all persons not so accompanied, except that:   The support animal shall not occupy a seat in any public conveyance.   The support animal shall be upon a leash or otherwise sufficiently restrained in a manner appropriate for the animal while using the facilities of a common carrier.     Support animal trainers shall have the same rights of accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges with support animals-in-training as those provided to blind persons, mobility impaired persons, hearing impaired persons or veterans diagnosed with PTSD with support animals under this section.   No person shall deprive a blind person, mobility impaired person, hearing impaired person, veteran diagnosed with PTSD or a support animal trainer of any of the advantages, facilities or privileges provided in this section, nor charge such blind person, mobility impaired person, hearing impaired person, veteran diagnosed with PTSD or support animal trainer a fee or charge for the use of the animal.
MS Code § 43-6-171 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 7 - Use of Respectful References to Persons With Disabilities|§ 43-6-171. Legislative drafting offices and state agencies to use certain respectful references to persons with disabilities in the preparation of legislation and rules

  The Legislature recognizes that language used in reference to individuals with disabilities shapes and reflects society's attitudes towards people with disabilities. Many of the terms currently used diminish the humanity and natural condition of having a disability. Certain terms are demeaning and create an invisible barrier to inclusion as equal community members. The Legislature finds it necessary to clarify preferred language for new and revised laws and rules by requiring the use of terminology that puts the person before the disability.   The legislative drafting offices of the House and Senate are directed to avoid all references to the terms "disabled," "developmentally disabled," "mentally disabled," "mentally ill," "mentally retarded," "handicapped," "cripple" and "crippled," in any new statute, memorial or resolution, and to change those references in any existing statute, memorial or resolution as sections including those references are otherwise amended by law. The drafting offices are directed to replace the terms referenced above as appropriate with the following revised terminology: "persons with disabilities," "persons with developmental disabilities," "persons with mental illness" and "persons with intellectual or cognitive disabilities."   No statute, memorial or resolution is invalid because it does not comply with this section.   All state agency orders creating new rules, or amending existing rules, shall be formulated in accordance with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section regarding the use of respectful language.   No agency rule is invalid because it does not comply with this section.
MS Code § 43-6-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 9 - Competitive Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-201. Legislative findings and purpose

 The Mississippi Legislature finds that the benefits of meaningful work have significance and importance to all working-age persons, including persons with disabilities. In order to achieve meaningful and competitive employment for persons with disabilities, employment opportunities in fully integrated work settings shall be, to the extent practicable, the first and priority option explored in planning and providing services and supports for working-age persons with disabilities.
MS Code § 43-6-203 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 9 - Competitive Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-203. Definitions

 As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meaning, unless the context otherwise requires:   "Competitive employment" means work in the competitive labor market that is performed on a full-time or part-time basis in an integrated setting and for which a person with a disability is compensated in a manner consistent with applicable wage-and-hour laws. Pay shall be comparable to the customary wage and level of benefits paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by persons without disabilities.   "Disability" means, with respect to a person, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such person as defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended. A "disability" does not include brief periods of intoxication caused by alcohol or drugs or dependence upon or addiction to any alcohol or drugs.   "Integrated setting" means a setting typically found in the community in which persons with disabilities interact with persons without disabilities (other than disability service providers) to a comparable extent that persons without disabilities in comparable positions interact with other persons.   "Working age" means fourteen (14) years of age or older in accordance with Section 71-7-17.
MS Code § 43-6-205 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 9 - Competitive Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-205. Competitive employment opportunities in fully integrated work settings to be considered first and priority option when planning or providing services and supports to persons with disabilities

 It is declared to be the policy of this state that competitive employment in an integrated setting shall be, to the extent practicable, considered the first and priority option when planning or providing services and supports to persons with disabilities who are of working age. All state agencies that provide services and support to persons with disabilities, and/or employment-related services, shall, using available resources, follow this policy and ensure that it is effectively implemented in their programs and services; however, nothing in this article shall supersede any agency's ability to fulfill the agency's duties and requirements mandated by federal statutes. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or disallow any disability benefits to which a person with a disability who is unable to be employed as contemplated by this article would otherwise be entitled. Nothing in this article shall be construed to require any state agency or other employer to give preference to hiring persons with disabilities or to prohibit any employment relationship or program that is otherwise permitted under applicable law. Any person with a disability who is employed by a state agency must meet the minimum qualifications and requirements for the position in which the person is employed.
MS Code § 43-6-207 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 43 - Public Welfare|Chapter 6 - Rights and Liabilities of Persons with Disabilities|Article 9 - Competitive Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities|§ 43-6-207. Implementation of policy by state agencies

  All state agencies that provide services to persons with disabilities and/or employment services shall coordinate efforts and shall collaborate within and among such agencies to ensure that state programs, policies, procedures and funding support competitive employment in integrated settings for persons with disabilities who are of working age. All such state agencies shall, whenever feasible, share data and information across systems in order to track progress toward full implementation of this article. All such state agencies are encouraged to adopt measurable goals and objectives to promote assessment of progress in implementing this article.   State agencies are authorized to adopt rules and regulations to implement this article.