§ 7-1001Title 7

Equal access to public places.

Persons with physical or mental disabilities have the same right as the able-bodied to the full and free use of the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public places in the District of Columbia.

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Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 970, Pub. L. 92-515, § 1
Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-305, § 25(a), 53 DCR 6198
Apr. 27, 2013, D.C. Law 19-291, § 2(a), 60 DCR 2351
The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-291 substituted “Persons with physical or mental disabilities” for “The blind and other persons with physical disabilities”.
D.C. Law 16-305 substituted “other persons with physical disabilities” for “the otherwise physically disabled”.
1973 Ed., § 6-1501.
1981 Ed., § 6-1701.
This section is referenced in § 2-1831.03, § 7-1004, and § 7-1007.

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