---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch126"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 126"
heading: "Equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch126"
sections_count: 52
---

# Chapter 126 — Equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§12101. Findings and purpose](/usc/42/12101.md)
- [§12102. Definition of disability](/usc/42/12102.md)
- [§12103. Additional definitions](/usc/42/12103.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Employment](/usc/42/ch126-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Public Services](/usc/42/ch126-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Public Accommodations and Services Operated by Private Entities](/usc/42/ch126-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Miscellaneous Provisions](/usc/42/ch126-schIV.md)