2010 Code of Virginia
Title 51.5 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
Chapter 9 - Rights of Persons With Disabilities (51.5-40 thru 51.5-46)
51.5-40 - Nondiscrimination under state grants and programs.
§ 51.5-40. Nondiscrimination under state grants and programs.
No otherwise qualified person with a disability shall, on the basis of disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving state financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by or on behalf of any state agency. The Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to implement this section. Such regulations shall be consistent, whenever applicable, with regulations imposed under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
(1985, c. 421, § 51.01-40; 1990, c. 458; 1992, c. 627; 2002, c. 572.)
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