Nevada Revised Statutes 706.361 – Persons with disabilities entitled to full and equal enjoyment of facilities of public transportation; entities providing public transportation required to designate person to ensure compliance with Americans with Di…
1. A person with a disability is entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the facilities of any common motor carrier of passengers, contract motor carrier of passengers or other entity providing a means of public conveyance and transportation operating within this State.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 706.361
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
2. A common motor carrier of passengers, a contract motor carrier of passengers and other entities providing means of public conveyance and transportation shall designate a person responsible for ensuring that the carrier complies with the applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 to 12213, inclusive, and 47 U.S.C. § 225 and 611, and the regulations adopted pursuant to that Act.
3. The person designated pursuant to subsection 2 shall conduct training sessions for the employees of the carrier or entity. Each employee must be provided at least 3 hours of training during one or more training sessions. During the training sessions, the designee shall:
(a) Describe the carrier’s plan for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the regulations adopted pursuant to that Act;
(b) Explain the obligations of the employees to assist a person with a disability to store a mobility device;
(c) Explain the illegality of charging an additional fee or a higher fare to a person with a disability; and
(d) Ensure that each employee is trained in accordance with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. § 37.173.
4. It is unlawful for any person to deny any of the privileges granted by subsection 1.
5. It is unlawful for any common motor carrier, contract motor carrier or other entity providing a means of public conveyance or transportation operating within this State, to:
(a) Deny the equal enjoyment of its services and facilities to a person with a disability by the arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable interference, direct or indirect, with the use of aids and appliances used by a person with a disability;
(b) Fail to designate a person pursuant to subsection 2; or
(c) Fail to conduct the training sessions in the manner described in subsection 3.
6. As used in this section, ‘disability’ has the meaning ascribed to it in 49 C.F.R. § 37.3.