COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the ways in which we use
(or, more accurately, avoid) public accommodations spaces in recent
months.
As businesses start to reopen in various parts of the country,
they are implementing social distancing and other mitigation
measures aimed to curb the spread of the virus among their
employees and customers. Businesses need to consider how these new
measures impact customers with disabilities and adjust them
accordingly.
● Screening Customers for Fever
Can businesses use temperature scanners or thermometers to
screen customers for COVID-19 and refuse admission if they have a
fever? Title III of the ADA does not allow public accommodations to
impose or apply eligibility criteria that screen out or tend to
screen out an individual with a disability or any class of
individuals with disabilities from fully and equally enjoying any
goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or
accommodations.
