A recipient must operate each program or activity so that, when viewed in its entirety, it is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities; this does not require every existing facility to be accessible nor action the recipient can prove would fundamentally alter the program or impose undue financial and administrative burdens (a decision the head of the recipient or a designee must make in writing after considering all available resources, taking any lesser action that still delivers the benefits). Compliance may be achieved by redesign or acquisition of equipment, reassignment of services to accessible buildings, aides, home visits, alternate accessible sites, alterations or new construction, or other methods, giving priority to methods offering the most integrated setting; structural changes are not required where other methods work. A health, welfare or social service provider with fewer than fifteen employees may refer a person to an accessible provider where only a significant alteration would otherwise comply. Where structural changes are needed a transition plan identifying the obstacles, methods, schedule and responsible person must be developed with interested persons and made available for public inspection, and the recipient must adopt procedures so that interested persons, including those with impaired vision or hearing, can learn where accessible services and facilities are. Elements unaltered since the rule's date that meet the 1961 ANSI standard or UFAS for their construction period are safe-harboured from the 2010 Standards.
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