In the final rule, this requirement is limited to those medical and long-term care facilities where the period of stay may exceed 24 hours....
Search Results "Final Regulatory Impact Analysis"
-
Accessible Passenger Loading Zones at Medical Care and Long-Term Care Facilities
-
General Scoping for TTYs
In the final rule, the Board has clarified references to "site" as being specific to "exterior sites" to avoid confusion that may arise since the term "site," by itself, can be read to include...
-
Fixed Shower Head Height
The final rule includes an exception permitting a fixed shower head in certain facilities (608.6, Exception)....
-
Ambulatory Accessible Compartment
In the final rule, the Board has replaced the 36 inch wide specification with a range of 35 to 37 inches....
-
Guidance Questions and Answers Concerning 49 CFR Part 39, ADA Rules Concerning Passenger Vessels
The Department of Transportation’s final rules applying the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to passenger vessel operators’ (PVOs’) policies took effect January 3, 2011.i These questions...
-
5.1.4 Transfer Surface Height Measurement for M301 and M302
Rationale for final recommendation Having an accessible transfer surface height is critical to facilitate independent patient transfers to equipment used by patients both in a supine,...
-
26. Nonacademic services
Finally, the one-year transition period provided in a proposed section was deleted in response to the almost unanimous objection of commenters to that provision....
-
Trailhead Signs
Where new trail information signs are provided at trailheads on newly constructed or altered trails designed for use by hikers or pedestrians, the final rule requires the signs to include...
-
Enshrining the ADA: House-Senate Conference and the Signing
The House and Senate then passed the ADA in final form on July 12 and 13, 1990. On July 26, before about 3,000 persons, President Bush signed the ADA into law as Public Law 101-336....
-
B. Scoping Requirements for Units with Communication Features
The final rule requires entities to provide emergency transportable housing units with communication features as determined by a needs assessment conducted by the entity providing the units...
-
Scope: ADA Standard Section 201.1
Section 201 discusses the scope of the ADA Standards.
-
The International Symbol of Accessibility (ISA)
As part of an ISO standard (ISO 7001 Graphic Symbols – Public Information Symbols), the ISA reflects considerable analysis by, and the consensus of, an international collection of technical...
-
A. Scoping Requirements for Units with Mobility Features
The final rule addresses the different types of sites on which emergency transportable housing units are installed....
-
II. Cost-disproportionality Is Only a Factor Under Certain Circumstances
. § 12147(a); 49 CFR § 37.43(a), (c); DOJ Final Rule Implementing Title III of the ADA, 56 Fed....
-
6.3 Examinations and Inquiries Before Employment
Some employers have medical policies or rely on doctors' medical assessments that overestimate the impact of a particular condition on a particular individual, and/or underestimate the ability...
-
EVACUATION + TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
TRIGGER: Severe impacts expected from approaching weather. WHAT DOES THE CITY DO?...
-
Design Speed
Consequently, it can significantly impact the cost, constructability, and operational safety of a project....
-
Applying the Accessibility Standards to the Plan, Installation, and Maintenance of Ground Level Accessible Routes for Playgrounds
Does the playground surface comply with ASTM F1292-99/04 Standard Specification for Impact Attenuation of Surface Systems Under and Around Playground Equipment when ground surfaces are part...
-
Seating Accommodations
The final rule continues this approach....
-
Automatic Doors
The reference to these standards in section 105.2 has been updated in the final rule to refer to the most recent editions: ANSI/BHMA A156.10‒1999 Power- Operated Pedestrian Doors and the...
-
2. Standing Supports
MDE Advisory Committee Report, 136-137, available at https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/health-care/about-this-rulemaking/advisory-committee-final-report. ...
-
Breast Platform [M303.4.1]
Breast Platform [M303.4.1] Recommendation: The final recommendation for the minimum height of the breast platform is 26 inches from the floor to the top of the breast platform....
-
b. Exception for Base Support Allowance and Unobstructed Knee and Toe Space
MDE Advisory Committee Report, 123-127, available at https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/health-care/about-this-rulemaking/advisory-committee-final-report....
-
2.3. Upfront Costs
The Final RA assesses the costs of acquiring the equipment necessary to provide closed movie captioning and audio description in auditoriums exhibiting digital movies. ...