Section 800.30  Other Definitions

As used in the Act and these regulations, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

Age − the chronological age of a person.

Disability − a determinable physical or mental characteristic of a person (including a characteristic requiring the person's use of a guide or hearing dog), or the history of the characteristic, or the perception of the characteristic by the person complained against, which characteristic results from disease, injury, congenital condition of birth or functional disorder but is unrelated to the person's ability to repay the indebtedness in question.

Marital Status − the legal status of being married, single, separated, divorced or widowed.

Prohibited Characteristic − any characteristic, or combination of characteristics, the consideration of which constitutes "unlawful discrimination" under Section 1-103(Q) of the Act.

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 13475, effective August 1, 2008)