California Health and Safety Code PART 5.5 - ACCESS TO PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS BY PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS

  • Section 19955.
    (a)  The purpose of this part is to insure that public accommodations or facilities constructed in this state with private funds adhere to the provisions...
  • Section 19955.3.
    As used in this part:(a)  “Story” means that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of...
  • Section 19955.5.
    All passenger vehicle service stations, shopping centers, offices of physicians and surgeons, and office buildings constructed in this state with private funds shall adhere to...
  • Section 19956.
    All public accommodations constructed in this state shall conform to the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 4450) of Division 5 of Title 1...
  • Section 19956.5.
    Any curb or sidewalk intended for public use that is constructed in this state with private funds shall conform to the provisions of Chapter 7...
  • Section 19957.
    In cases of practical difficulty, unnecessary hardship, or extreme differences, a building department responsible for the enforcement of this part may grant exceptions from the...
  • Section 19957.5.
    (a)  Every city, county, or city and county may appoint a local appeals board composed of five members to hear written appeals brought by any...
  • Section 19958.
    The building department of every city, county, or city and county shall enforce this part within the territorial area of its city, county, or city...
  • Section 19958.5.
    The district attorney, the city attorney, the county counsel if the district attorney does not bring an action, the Department of Rehabilitation acting through the...
  • Section 19958.6.
    (a)  A person who violates Section 19952, 19955, 19955.5, 19956, 19956.5, or 19959 or any of the regulations implementing those sections that have been promulgated...
  • Section 19959.
    Every existing public accommodation constructed prior to July 1, 1970, which is not exempted by Section 19956, shall be subject to the requirements of this...
  • Section 19959.5.
    If a violation of Section 19955, 19955.3, 19955.5, 19956, 19956.5, 19957, 19957.5, or 19959 is alleged or the application or construction of any of these...

Last modified: October 22, 2018