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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 14.03.02.05" title_num="14" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="02" heading="Reasonable Accommodation in Employment.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A covered entity:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified individual with a disability;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is not required to provide an accommodation, if it demonstrates that the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of its business or program; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>May not deny an employment opportunity to a qualified individual with a disability, if the basis for the denial is the need to accommodate the individual's physical or mental limitations, and this accommodation, if attempted, would be reasonable.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Examples of a reasonable accommodation include, but are not limited to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Making existing facilities used by employees readily accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Providing or modifying equipment or devices;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Job restructuring;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Part-time or modified work schedules;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Reassigning or transferring an employee to a vacant position, light duty job, different work location, or other alternative employment opportunity which is available under the employer's existing policies or practices;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Teleworking;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Permitting an employee to use paid or unpaid sick leave, disability leave, medical leave, or other leave which is available under the employer's existing policies or practices;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Adjusting or modifying examinations, training materials, or policies;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Waiving a no pet requirement to allow use of a service animal;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Providing applicants or employees with a disability with an opportunity to demonstrate their pertinent knowledge, skills, and abilities by testing methods adapted to their special circumstances if employment tests are used;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Making reasonable modifications in the covered entity's rules, policies, and practices if the modification may enable an applicant or employee with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Reanalyzing, with full consideration to the needs of the applicant or employee with a disability, job specifications, qualifications, or criteria to determine if they may be waived or modified.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>