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I don’t want to discriminate against patients with disabilities, but I don’t want my staff to injure their backs by lifting people who use wheelchairs onto exam tables. If my nurse has a bad back, then she doesn’t have to help lift a patient, does she?
Staff should be protected from injury, but that doesn’t justify refusing to provide equal medical services to individuals with disabilities....
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11B-805 Medical care and long-term care facilities
SECTIONS 11B-805 Medical care and long-term care facilities 11B-805.4.1 Beds, exam tables, procedure tables, gurneys and lounge chairs....
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702.1 General
[ECTCR not determined] EXCEPTION: Fire alarm systems in medical care facilities shall be permitted to be provided in accordance with industry practice....
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702.1 General
EXCEPTION: Fire alarm systems in medical care facilities shall be permitted to be provided in accordance with industry practice....
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702.1 General
EXCEPTION: Fire alarm systems in medical care facilities shall be permitted to be provided in accordance with industry practice....
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21. How should an employer handle leave for an employee covered by both the ADA and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
ETA Editor's Note: Footnote (58) references the question above. (58) 58. For more detailed information on issues raised by the interplay between these statutes, refer...
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11B-805.4 Examination, diagnostic and treatment rooms
Examination, diagnostic and treatment rooms shall comply with Section 11B-805.4. ETA Editor's Note The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), which...
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Defining and Delivering Disability-Competent Care - Building a Disability-Competent Provider Network
This was the eighth webinar in Webinar Series #1, "Leading Healthcare Practices and Training: Defining and Delivering Disability-Competent Care". The objective of this webinar was to...
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Is it OK to examine a patient who uses a wheelchair in the wheelchair, because the patient cannot get onto the exam table independently?
Examining a patient in their wheelchair usually is less thorough than on the exam table, and does not provide the patient equal medical services....
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Michael Graves at TEDMED 2011
Following a stay in a rehab center, the architect realized that most hospitals ignore critical resident needs. He set out to change all that with attractive, efficient,...
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Accessible Pittsburgh: Hospital Compliance Guidelines
Published on Nov 3, 2014 Accessible Pittsburgh In 2010, the ADA Office within the City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning announced the launch of the Hospital...
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M303.3 Entry
Where there is a change in level at the entry to wheelchair spaces, the change in level shall comply with M303.3.
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M303.2.1 Orientation
Wheelchair spaces shall be designed so that a patient seated in a wheelchair orients in the same direction that a patient not seated in a wheelchair orients when the diagnostic...
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11B-805.3.1 Wheelchair spaces
Where seating is provided in waiting rooms, at least 5 percent of the seating shall be wheelchair spaces complying with Section 11B-802.1. Exception: In waiting rooms serving...
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M303.2.4.2.1 Depth
Wheelchair spaces shall include knee and toe clearance 17 inches (430 mm) deep minimum and 25 inches (635 mm) deep maximum.
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M303.2.4.2.2 Height
Wheelchair spaces shall include toe clearance 9 inches (230 mm) high minimum above the floor measured to a depth of 6 inches (150 mm) maximum measured from the toe end of the...
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M304 Diagnostic Equipment Used by Patients in Standing Position
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M302.1 General
Diagnostic equipment that supports patients in a seated position shall comply with M302. EXCEPTION: Where weight scales contain wheelchair spaces complying with M303 and also...
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M303.2.1 Orientation (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The MDE NPRM proposed to require wheelchair spaces to be designed so that a patient in a wheelchair using diagnostic equipment would be oriented in the same direction that other...
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M304 Diagnostic Equipment Used by Patients in Standing Position (Section-by-Section Analysis)
M304 in the final rule establishes the technical criteria for diagnostic equipment used by patients in a standing position such as a weight scale or x-ray equipment that is used in a...
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M302.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The MDE NPRM proposed that all diagnostic equipment used by patients in a seated position must comply with the technical requirements of proposed section M302. As discussed in...
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M303.3 Entry (Section-by-Section Analysis)
This is an introductory section.
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PURPOSE
PURPOSE The purpose of this Code Application Notice (CAN) is to clarify code sections in the 2013 California Building Code (CBC) in order to provide consistent application of...
