Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 22 > Article 9 > Chapter 5 - Employment Discrimination Against Disabled Persons

• Autism: means a neurological condition as described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• commerce: has the meaning set forth in Section 701 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Indiana Code 22-9-5-2
• commission: refers to the civil rights commission. See Indiana Code 22-9-5-3
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• covered entity: means an employer, an employment agency, a labor organization, or a joint labor-management committee. See Indiana Code 22-9-5-4
• direct threat: means a significant risk to the health or safety of others that cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation. See Indiana Code 22-9-5-5
• disability: means with respect to an individual:

  Indiana Code 22-9-5-6

• discriminate: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 22-9-5-7

• drug: means a controlled substance (as defined in schedules I through V of Section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act Indiana Code 22-9-5-8
• employee: means an individual employed by an employer. See Indiana Code 22-9-5-9
• employer: means a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce that has at least twenty-five (25) employees for each working day in each of at least twenty (20) calendar weeks in the current or preceding year and an agent of the person. See Indiana Code 22-9-5-10
• employment agency: has the meaning set forth in Section 701 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Indiana Code 22-9-5-11
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• illegal use of drugs: means the use of drugs the possession or distribution of which is unlawful under the Controlled Substances Act. See Indiana Code 22-9-5-6
• industry affecting commerce: has the meaning set forth in Section 701 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Indiana Code 22-9-5-13
• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• labor organization: has the meaning set forth in Section 701 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Indiana Code 22-9-5-14
• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-295) concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient, unless otherwise defined. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• person: has the meaning set forth in Section 701 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Indiana Code 22-9-5-15
• qualified individual with a disability: means an individual with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the employment position that the individual holds or desires. See Indiana Code 22-9-5-16
• reasonable accommodation: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 22-9-5-17

• service animal: refers to an animal trained as:

  Indiana Code 22-9-5-9.5

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• undue hardship: means an action requiring significant difficulty or expense when considered in light of the factors set forth in subsection (b). See Indiana Code 22-9-5-18
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5