OAR 461-105-0190: Discriminatory Actions

(1) The rules of the Department protecting individuals with disabilities against discrimination are set out at OAR 407-005-0000 to 407-005-0030. (2) The following acts of discrimination on grounds of race, color, sex, political beliefs, age, religious creed or national origin are specifically prohibited: (a) Denying an individual any service, financial aid, or other benefit provided under any program. (b) Providing any service, financial aid, or other benefit to an individual that is different, or is provided in a different way, from that provided to others under the program, unless such action is necessary to provide individuals with disabilities with aids, benefits or services that are as effective as those provided to others. (c) Subjecting an individual to segregation or separate treatment in any way related to receipt of any service, financial aid, or other program benefit. (d) Restricting an individual in any way from any advantage or privilege enjoyed by others receiving any service, financial aid, or other benefit under any program. (e) Treating an individual differently from others in determining whether they satisfy any admission, enrollment, quota, eligibility, membership or other requirement or condition individuals must meet to be provided any service, financial aid, or other benefit provided under any program. (f) Denying an individual an opportunity to participate in any program or afford them an opportunity to do so that is different from that afforded others under the program. (g) Denying a person the opportunity to participate as a member of a planning or advisory body that is an integral part of the program.