California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4.5 - Division of Workers' Compensation › Subchapter 1 - Administrative Director-Administrative Rules › Article 1.3 - Public Disability Accommodations › Section 9708.1 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Auxiliary aids:
					 services or devices that enable persons with impaired sensory, manual, or
					 speaking skills to have an equal opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the
					 benefits of, programs or activities.
(b) Braille: written text for use by the
					 blind.
(c) Computer-Aided Realtime
					 Translation (CART): a form of captioning in which spoken words are translated
					 onto a computer screen as the words are spoken.
(d) Disability: any mental or physical
					 disability or medical condition as defined in California Government Code
					 section
					 12926
et seq.
, California Civil Code section
					 51
et
					 seq.
, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. §
												12101
et seq.
), or other
					 applicable state and federal law.
(e) Disability Accommodation: actions that
					 result in services, programs or activities being readily accessible to and
					 useable by an individual with a disability. Reasonable disability
					 accommodations that may be provided include physical equipment such as
					 wheelchair ramps or other accommodations for physical access and the use of
					 auxiliary aids and services, such as, but not limited to, assistive listening
					 devices, texts in Braille or large print, audio recordings, or Computer Aided
					 Realtime Translation (CART) reporters. Reasonable disability accommodations may
					 also include reasonable modification of policies and procedures.
(f) Disability Accommodation Request: a
					 written or oral request for an accommodation that is needed for a
					 disability.
(g) Disability
					 Coordinator: An individual who handles disability accommodation issues for the
					 public on behalf of the Division of Workers' Compensation.
(h) Division of Workers' Compensation
					 ("Division"): The Division of the Department of Industrial Relations overseeing
					 the state's workers' compensation system. The Division includes its
					 headquarters, administrative offices, the district offices servicing workers'
					 compensation cases and includes other offices and locations used by the
					 Division when conducting business, including but not limited to, the holding of
					 public hearings.
(i) Individual
					 with a Disability: an individual seeking to access or participate in the
					 Division's services, programs or activities who has a physical or mental
					 impairment that limits one or more major life activities, or has a record of
					 such impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment, as covered by
					 California Government Code section
					 12926
et seq.
, California Civil Code section
					 51
et
					 seq.
, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. §
												12101
et seq.
), or other
					 applicable state and federal law.
(j) Requestor: a member of the public, a
					 representative, relative or friend of a member of the public, or any other
					 participant who requests disability accommodation on behalf of himself,
					 herself, or another individual with a disability to use or participate in a
					 program, activity or service of the Division.
(k) Statewide Disability Coordinator: The
					 individual who handles disability accommodation issues for the public statewide
					 on behalf of the Division of Workers' Compensation.
1. New
						article 1.3 (sections
						9708.1-9708.6) and section filed
						1-19-2012; operative 2-18-2012 (Register 2012, No.
						3).
Note: Authority: Sections
						  111(a),
						  133,
						  138.2 and
						  5307.3, Labor
						  Code; and Section
						  11138 Government Code. Reference:
						  Sections
						  51,
						  54,
						  54.1 and
						  54.8, Civil
						  Code; Sections
						  11135 and
						  11351(c),
						  Government Code; and 42 USC
						  Sections 12102,
						  12111,
						  12112,
						  12113,
						  12131 and
						  12132.