From the Board’s website: “On January 18, 2017, the Access Board published a final rule that jointly updates requirements for information and communication technology covered by Section...
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4. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines
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Part II: ABA Application and Scoping
In the final rule, differences between the ADA and ABA application and scoping chapters pertain to modifications and waivers, definitions, additions, leases, general exceptions (specifically...
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Section 35.151(d) Scope of coverage
Section 35.151(d) Scope of coverage In the NPRM, the Department proposed a new provision, Sec. 35.151(d), to clarify that the requirements established by Sec. 35.151, including those...
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Wheelchair Spaces in Tiered Boxes
The proposed rule was not clear on how the scoping and dispersion requirements would apply in these types of facilities....
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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 non-wheelchair...
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Section 35.151(d) Scope of coverage (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 35.151(d) Scope of coverage (Section-by-Section Analysis) In the NPRM, the Department proposed a new provision, § 35.151(d), to clarify that the requirements established by §...
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Effect on the certification process of using more than one regulatory scheme at the state or local level to establish accessibility requirements for title III facilities with new design requirements in the proposed standards. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The proposed standards will include requirements for elements and spaces that are not addressed specifically in the 1991 Standards, including elements within recreational facilities and...
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Alternate Modes (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Some commenters noted that the proposed definition did not actually define alternate modes, but simply gave a listing of examples....
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Detectable Warnings
The proposed rule, consistent with the original ADAAG, provided specifications for the coordination of vehicles and platforms, including maximum changes in level (plus or minus e inch) and...
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Aisle Seats
The proposed rule required that such seats have removable or folding armrests or no armrests on the aisle side....
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Revolving Doors or Turnstiles
As indicated in the proposed rule, manual revolving doors, gates, and turnstiles cannot be part of an accessible route (404.2.1)....
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Substantive changes made to requirements for elevators
section 407 include: revision of the height of call controls (407.2.1.1) removal of a specification concerning objects located below hall call buttons (407.2.2 in the proposed...
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M301.2.1 Adjustability (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The MDE NPRM proposed a transfer surface height range for diagnostic equipment used by patients in the supine, prone, or side-lying position of 17 inches minimum and 19 inches maximum....
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Detectable Warnings
They requested that such a requirement be reinstated in the final rule. A few comments opposed such a change. Response....
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"Readily achievable.'' (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
A significant number of commenters objected to Sec.36.306 of the proposed rule, which listed identical factors to be considered for determining "readily achievable'' and "undue burden''...
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Section 4.1.1, Application (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 4.1.1(3) preserves the basic principle of the proposed rule: Areas that may be used by employees with disabilities shall be designed and constructed so that an individual with a...
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Audio description (Section-by-Section Analysis)
For the purposes of this subsection, the Department is proposing to add a definition for “audio description.” ...
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Foreign Air Carriers
Although a final rule modifying part 382 to cover foreign air carriers has not yet been issued, in May 2000 DOT’s Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings...
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VI. Regulatory Process Matters (SBREFA, Regulatory Flexibility Act, Executive Orders, Benefits and Costs)
Regulatory Process Matters (SBREFA, Regulatory Flexibility Act, Executive Orders, Benefits and Costs) Since this proposal is an ANPRM, the Department is not required to conduct certain...
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Section 4.1.1, Application (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Section 4.1.1(3) preserves the basic principle of the proposed rule: Areas that may be used by employees with disabilities shall be designed and constructed so that an individual with a...
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Web Site Accessibility
or more days after the effective date of the final rule; (2) Web pages on an existing Web site associated with core air travel services and information (5) to be conformant either on...
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Exclusion of service animals. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The 1991 regulatory provision in § 36.302(c) addresses reasonable modification and remains unchanged in the final rule....
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Subpart F-Certification of State Laws or Local Building Codes (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Due to the proposed deletion of §36.603, §§ 36.604 through 36.608 are renumbered, and § 36.603 in the proposed rule is modified to indicate that the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil...
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DOT Response
The proposal concerning level-entry boarding was always forward-looking, intended to apply to stations constructed or altered after the rule went into effect....