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It has been brought to the attention of the Department that there is
some misunderstanding about the scope of the elevator exemption as it
applies to the professional office of a health care provider. A public
accommodation, such as the professional office of a health care
provider, is required to remove architectural barriers to its facility
to the extent that such barrier removal is readily achievable (see Sec.
36.304), but it is not otherwise required by this part to undertake new
construction or alterations. This part does not require that an existing
two story building that houses the professional office of a health care
provider be altered for the purpose of providing elevator access. If,
however, alterations to the area housing the office of the health care
provider are undertaken for other purposes, the installation of an
elevator might be required, but only if the cost of the elevator is not
disproportionate to the cost of the overall alteration. Neither the Act
nor this part prohibits a health care provider from locating his or her
professional office in an existing facility that does not have an
elevator.
(Just notes)
