United StatesSection 504 rule, kiosks of recipients of HHS financial assistance
In force since .
A disability discrimination rule binding public and private bodies.
- Private right of action
- Yes
As of .
What it requires
- The section names no technical standard for kiosks; it bars disability discrimination in a program or activity provided through kiosks (45 CFR 84.83).
- If you receive Federal financial assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services and offer a program or activity through self-service kiosks, such as for check-in or for providing information, do not exclude a qualified individual with a disability from it, deny them its benefits, or otherwise discriminate against them on the basis of disability (45 CFR 84.83).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What it reaches
Applicability criteria
A State or its political subdivision and their instrumentalities are recipients too (45 CFR 84.10); their duties are covered on law.ungovr.org.
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- Criteria
- a private agency, institution, organization or other entity, or a person, to which Federal financial assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services is extended directly or through another recipient (45 CFR 84.10)
What this law does
No qualified individual with a disability may, on the basis of disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity of a recipient of Federal financial assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services that is provided through kiosks.
Kiosks are self-service transaction machines that recipients make available at set physical locations for the independent use of patients or program participants in health and human service programs or activities. The 2024 rule that added the section took effect on .
When LexLint raises it
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