The Access Board has divided the MDE Standards into separate technical criteria based on how the diagnostic equipment is used by the patient: (1) supine, prone, or side lying position (M301...
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B. Summary of Major Provisions and Organization of Technical Criteria
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M101.2 Application
The standards shall be applied to diagnostic equipment based on the patient positions that the equipment is designed to support....
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C. Costs and Benefits
will benefit from access to and use of diagnostic equipment meeting the MDE Standards....
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M101.3 Equivalent Facilitation
The use of alternative designs or technologies that result in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability than specified in the standards is permitted.
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M101.3 Existing Diagnostic Equipment
The MDE Standards do not address the applicability of scoping or technical requirements to existing diagnostic equipment....
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M101.4 Equivalent Facilitation
The use of alternative designs or technologies that result in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability than specified in the MDE Standards is permitted.
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M101.4 Dimensions
The standards are based on adult dimensions and anthropometrics. Dimensions that are not stated as "maximum" or "minimum" are absolute.
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5. Medical Diagnostic Equipment
On January 9, 2017, new accessibility standards were published in the Federal Register for medical diagnostic equipment....
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M101.5 Dimensional Tolerances
Dimensions are subject to conventional industry tolerances for manufacturing processes, material properties, and field conditions
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M101.5 Dimensions
The MDE Standards are based on adult dimensions and anthropometrics. Dimensions that are not stated as “maximum” or “minimum” are absolute.
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M101.6 Dimensional Tolerances
Dimensions are subject to conventional industry tolerances for manufacturing processes, material properties, and field conditions.
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II. Rulemaking History
Section 510 of the Rehabilitation Act requires the Access Board to issue standards for medical diagnostic equipment to ensure such equipment is accessible to, and usable by, individuals...
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M102.1 Defined Terms
For the purpose of the MDE Standards, the following terms have the indicated meaning:
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M102.1 Defined Terms
For the purpose of the standards, the following terms have the indicated meaning:
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Medical Diagnostic Equipment (Diagnostic Equipment)
Equipment used in or in conjunction with medical settings by health care providers for diagnostic purposes....
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Operable Parts
A component of diagnostic equipment that is used by the patient to activate, deactivate, or adjust the equipment....
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Medical Diagnostic Equipment (Diagnostic Equipment)
Equipment used in, or in conjunction with, medical settings by health care providers for diagnostic purposes....
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Operable Parts
Components of diagnostic equipment that are used by the patient to activate, deactivate, or adjust the equipment....
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III. Summary of Comments
limitations of certain diagnostic equipment in meeting some of the requirements in the proposed standards....
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5. Medical Diagnostic Equipment
On January 9, 2017, new accessibility standards were published in the Federal Register for medical diagnostic equipment....
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IV. Significant Changes to the NPRM
This section of the preamble addresses significant changes made from the MDE NPRM to the final rule in response to the comments received, recommendations from the MDE Advisory...
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Physical Barriers
This very common barrier includes inaccessible parking, uneven pathways to health care offices, inaccessible medical equipment, narrow doorways, etc....
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A. Chapter 2: M201 Scoping
In the final rule, Chapter 2 establishes that the enforcing authority will determine the number and types of diagnostic equipment to which the MDE Standards will apply....
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1. General Exception
The Access Board interprets this language as recognizing that, in some situations, current technology may preclude diagnostic equipment from meeting all of the technical requirements in...