North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 168A Persons With Disabilities Protection Act

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-1.   Title
  This Chapter may be cited as the North Carolina Persons With Disabilities Protection Act. (1985, c. 571, s. 1; 1999-160, s. 1.)
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-2.   Statement of purpose
  (a) The purpose of this Chapter is to ensure equality of opportunity, to promote independent living, self-determination, and economic self-sufficiency, and to encourage and...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-3.   Definitions
  As used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Covered governmental entity" means any State department, institution, agency, or any political subdivision...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-4.   Reasonable accommodation duties
  (a) A qualified person with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation must apprise the employer, employment agency, labor organization, place of public accommodation, or...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-5.   Discrimination in employment; exemptions
  (a) Discriminatory practices. - It is a discriminatory practice for: (1) An employer to fail to hire or consider for employment or promotion, to...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-6.   Discrimination in public accommodations
  It is a discriminatory practice for a person to deny a qualified person with a disability the full and equal enjoyment of the goods,...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-7.   Discrimination in public service
  (a) It is a discriminatory practice for a covered governmental entity to exclude a qualified person with a disability from participation in or deny...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-8.   Discrimination in public transportation
  It is a discriminatory practice for any transportation system providing transportation to the general public to fail to ensure access to and the benefits...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-9.   Affirmative defenses
  Any employer may assert affirmative defenses in any action brought under this Chapter. This section shall not create any inference that an employment action...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-10.   Retaliation prohibited
  (a) No employer shall discharge, expel, refuse to hire, or otherwise discriminate against any person or applicant for employment, nor shall any employment agency...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-10.1.   Dispute resolution in public services discrimination cases
  The North Carolina Office on the Americans with Disabilities Act shall adopt rules to provide a consistent and comprehensive mechanism for accommodating requests regarding...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-11.   Civil action
  (a) A person with a disability aggrieved by a discriminatory practice prohibited by G.S. 168A-5 through 168A-8, or a person aggrieved by conduct prohibited...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168A-12.   Statute of limitations
  A civil action regarding employment discrimination brought pursuant to this Chapter shall be commenced within 180 days after the date on which the aggrieved...

Last modified: March 23, 2014