28 CFR § 36.204 - Administrative methods.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s36.204"
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title: "28 CFR § 36.204 - Administrative methods."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "36.204"
section_name: "Administrative methods."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "36"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY BY PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND IN COMMERCIAL FACILITIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 12186(b), 12205a."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 1513-91, 56 FR 35592, July 26, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 36.204 Administrative methods.

A public accommodation shall not, directly or through contractual or other arrangements, utilize standards or criteria or methods of administration that have the effect of discriminating on the basis of disability, or that perpetuate the discrimination of others who are subject to common administrative control.