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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 483

51.

(a)    This subtitle shall be known as the Facilities
for the Handicapped Act. All plans and specifications for
the erection of public buildings by the State or any
political subdivision thereof, except those plans and
specifications for buildings to be used by the penal
institutions of the State or the political subdivision,
shall provide facilities for the handicapped.

(b)    In this subtitle, "public building" means a
building structure or improved area owned or constructed for
lease by this State or its political subdivisions.

"Handicapped person" means a person with a measurable
limitation of mobility due to congenital defect, disease, or
trauma.

"Facility for handicapped persons" includes any ramp,
handrail, elevator, door, specially treated surface and
similar design, convenience, or device which facilitates the
health, safety, or comfort of a handicapped person.

(d) Not later than July 1, 1968, the Board of Public
Works, through the Department of Public Improvements, shall
publish the standards of minimum requirements for facilities
for handicapped persons in public buildings; standards to
conform to American Standards Association specification A
117.1-1961 as modified by the Department of Public
Improvements in cooperation with Governor's Study Group on
Vocational Rehabilitation. The standards shall not require
facilities for the handicapped in portions of public
buildings which are not open to or used by the general
working force or by the general public. The design of
public buildings by the State and by its political
subdivisions shall be regulated by the provisions of this
subtitle upon and after July 1, 1968.

(h) The provisions of this subtitle shall apply to
all educational facilities constructed with public funds or
owned and/or operated by the State or its political
subdivisions.

(i) The provisions of this subtitle shall apply to
public transportation accommodations supported by public
funds (such as terminals and stations) which are engaged in
mass transportation of persons.

(J) BRAILLE NUMBERS WHICH INDICATE THE LEVELS AND

FLOORS SHALL BE INSTALLED ON ALL ELEVATORS LOCATED IN PUBLIC
BUILDINGS.

(J) BRAILLE NUMBERS OR__RAISED PRINT NUMBERS WHICH

INDICATE THE LEVELS AND FLOORS SHALL BE INSTALLED ON CONTROL
PANELS ON ALL ELEVATORS LOCATED IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act