Regulations last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

Title 28 - Judicial Administration last revised: May 03, 2024
§ 35.139 - Direct threat.

(a) This part does not require a public entity to permit an individual to participate in or benefit from the services, programs, or activities of that public entity when that individual poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others.

(b) In determining whether an individual poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others, a public entity must make an individualized assessment, based on reasonable judgment that relies on current medical knowledge or on the best available objective evidence, to ascertain: the nature, duration, and severity of the risk; the probability that the potential injury will actually occur; and whether reasonable modifications of policies, practices, or procedures or the provision of auxiliary aids or services will mitigate the risk.

[AG Order No. 3180-2010, 75 FR 56180, Sept. 15, 2010]
source: Order No. 1512-91, 56 FR 35716, July 26, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 28 CFR 35.139