| (a) The Council shall comply with applicable provisions
of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in its applications procedures
by providing reasonable accommodations that do not violate or undermine
the agency's mission or state law.
(b) It is the responsibility of the individual applicant
to inform the Council in advance of any reasonable accommodations
needed during the application process, including any examinations
conducted by the agency. Only requests which give the Council sufficient
notice and opportunity to provide reasonable accommodations without
disrupting the normal business of the agency will be considered.
(c) Requests for reasonable accommodations under this
rule must contain each of the following:
(1) a written description of the disability, as well
as the functional limitations resulting from the disability;
(2) the specific accommodations requested;
(3) a description of any accommodations received in
the past for the disability; and
(4) a formal medical or mental health diagnosis made
or confirmed within the last five years by a licensed professional
qualified to make the diagnosis describing the need for specific accommodations.
The diagnosis must have been made or confirmed within the last 12
months for psychiatric disabilities. This requirement does not apply
to physical or sensory disabilities of a permanent or unchanging nature.
(d) The Council will provide reasonable examination
accommodations to an applicant who has been diagnosed as having dyslexia,
as defined in §51.970 of the Education Code. When requesting
reasonable examination accommodations under this subsection, the applicant
must comply with subsection (c) of this section.
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