---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12189"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12189"
heading: "Examinations and courses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12189"
units:
  - "Chapter 126 — Equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities"
  - "Subchapter III — Public Accommodations and Services Operated by Private Entities"
---

# §12189. Examinations and courses


Any [person](/usc/42/12111.md?p=7) that offers examinations or courses related to applications, licensing, certification, or credentialing for secondary or postsecondary education, professional, or trade purposes shall offer such examinations or courses in a place and manner accessible to [persons](/usc/42/12111.md?p=7) with [disabilities](/usc/42/12102.md?p=1) or offer alternative accessible arrangements for such individuals.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–336, title III, § 309, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 365.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 18 months after July 26, 1990, see section 310(a) of Pub. L. 101–336, set out as a note under section 12181 of this title.