Rhode Island General Laws 42-87-2. Discrimination prohibited
No otherwise qualified person with a disability shall, solely by reason of his or her disability, be subject to discrimination by any person or entity doing business in the state; nor shall any otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of any program, activity or service of, or, by any person or entity regulated, by the state or having received financial assistance from the state or under any program or activity conducted by the state, its agents or any entity doing business with the state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 271, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 150, § 18.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 42-87-2
- Disability: means , with respect to an individual:
(i) A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual;
(ii) A record of such impairment; or
(iii) Being regarded as having such an impairment (as described in paragraph (4));
(iv) Includes any disability which is provided protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Rhode Island General Laws 42-87-1
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6