ADA Chapter 2: Scoping Requirements
- 201 Application
- 202 Existing Buildings and Facilities
- 203 General Exceptions
- 204 Protruding Objects
- 205 Operable Parts
- 206 Accessible Routes
- 207 Accessible Means of Egress
- 208 Parking Spaces
- 209 Passenger Loading Zones and Bus Stops
- 210 Stairways
- 211 Drinking Fountains
- 212 Kitchens, Kitchenettes, and Sinks
- 213 Toilet Facilities and Bathing Facilities
- 214 Washing Machines and Clothes Dryers
- 215 Fire Alarm Systems
- 216 Signs
- 217 Telephones
- 218 Transportation Facilities
- 219 Assistive Listening Systems
- 220 Automatic Teller Machines and Fare Machines
- 221 Assembly Areas
- 222 Dressing, Fitting, and Locker Rooms
- 223 Medical Care and Long-Term Care Facilities
- 224 Transient Lodging Guest Rooms
- 225 Storage
- 226 Dining Surfaces and Work Surfaces
- 227 Sales and Service
- 228 Depositories, Vending Machines, Change Machines, Mail Boxes, and Fuel Dispensers
- 229 Windows
- 230 Two-Way Communication Systems
- 231 Judicial Facilities
- 232 Detention Facilities and Correctional Facilities
- 233 Residential Facilities
- 234 Amusement Rides
- 235 Recreational Boating Facilities
- 236 Exercise Machines and Equipment
- 237 Fishing Piers and Platforms
- 238 Golf Facilities
- 239 Miniature Golf Facilities
- 240 Play Areas
- 241 Saunas and Steam Rooms
- 242 Swimming Pools, Wading Pools, and Spas
- 243 Shooting Facilities with Firing Positions
201 Application
201.1 Scope. All areas of newly designed and newly constructed buildings and facilities and altered portions of existing buildings and facilities shall comply with these requirements.
Advisory 201.1 Scope. These requirements are to be applied to all areas of a facility unless exempted, or where scoping limits the number of multiple elements required to be accessible. For example, not all medical care patient rooms are required to be accessible; those that are not required to be accessible are not required to comply with these requirements. However, common use and public use spaces such as recovery rooms, examination rooms, and cafeterias are not exempt from these requirements and must be accessible.
201.2 Application Based on Building or Facility Use. Where a site, building, facility, room, or space contains more than one use, each portion shall comply with the applicable requirements for that use.
201.3 Temporary and Permanent Structures. These requirements shall apply to temporary and permanent buildings and facilities.
Advisory 201.3 Temporary and Permanent Structures. Temporary buildings or facilities covered by these requirements include, but are not limited to, reviewing stands, temporary classrooms, bleacher areas, stages, platforms and daises, fixed furniture systems, wall systems, and exhibit areas, temporary banking facilities, and temporary health screening facilities. Structures and equipment directly associated with the actual processes of construction are not required to be accessible as permitted in 203.2.