28 CFR § 36.601 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s36.601"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 36.601 - Definitions."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "36.601"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "36"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY BY PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND IN COMMERCIAL FACILITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "36"
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# 36.601 Definitions.
*Assistant Attorney General* means the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights or his or her designee.
*Certification of equivalency* means a final certification that a code meets or exceeds the minimum requirements of title III of the Act for accessibility and usability of facilities covered by that title.
*Code* means a State law or local building code or similar ordinance, or part thereof, that establishes accessibility requirements.
*Model code* means a nationally recognized document developed by a private entity for use by State or local jurisdictions in developing codes as defined in this section. A model code is intended for incorporation by reference or adoption in whole or in part, with or without amendment, by State or local jurisdictions.
*Preliminary determination of equivalency* means a preliminary determination that a code appears to meet or exceed the minimum requirements of title III of the Act for accessibility and usability of facilities covered by that title.
*Submitting official* means the State or local official who—
(1) Has principal responsibility for administration of a code, or is authorized to submit a code on behalf of a jurisdiction; and
(2) Files a request for certification under this subpart.