The NPRM proposed that the Department maintain the requirement, first articulated in the 1991 title III regulation, that in order to qualify as a service animal, the animal must ‘‘perform...
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Doing "work'' or "performing tasks.'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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6. Regulatory Analyses
and an initial regulatory flexibility analysis of the impacts on small governmental jurisdictions with a population of less than 50,000 when the NPRM was issued....
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4. Exception from the Requirements of M301 for Certain Examination Chairs that Comply with M302
The Access Board proposed in M101.2 in the MDE NPRM to require diagnostic equipment to meet the standards for each patient position supported, meaning that if diagnostic equipment was designed...
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1.4.1. Deferral of Coverage for Auditoriums Showing Analog Movies Exclusively
The Department has decided to defer until a later date the decision whether to engage in rulemaking with respect to movie theater auditoriums that exhibit analog movies exclusively. ...
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R302.5.5 Regulatory Constraints
As proposed in the NPRM, R302.5 would require the grade of pedestrian access routes contained within a street or highway right-of-way, except at pedestrian street crossings, to not exceed...
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Standards for Individual Captioning Devices (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department has considered these comments and is proposing in the NPRM, at §36.303(g)(2)(ii)(B), that “[i]n order to provide effective communication, individual captioning devices must...
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E103.4 Defined Terms (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The proposed new definition would provide a more accurate description of the characteristics of the ICT that is addressed in the proposed provision in section 402 “Closed Functionality.”...
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3.7 Training Costs
According to a movie theater’s public comment on the 2014 NPRM, training employees to distribute and operate captioning and audio description equipment will take approximately 15 minutes...
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5.4.6 Transfer Support Gripping Surface Cross Section and Clearances for M301, M302, and M305.2
NPRM Proposed Provision: gripping surface cross section not addressed....
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5.9.1 Standing Supports Recommendation In Reference To Mammography Equipment
Rationale for recommendation The original criteria proposed in the NPRM included vertical standing supports on both sides of the equipment that were 18 inches in length....
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Standing Supports [M305.2]
Rationale The original criteria proposed in the NPRM included vertical standing supports on both sides of the equipment that were 18 inches in length....
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"Qualified Interpreter" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
"Qualified Interpreter'' (Section-by-Section Analysis) In the NPRM, the Department proposed adding language to the definition of ‘‘qualified interpreter'' to clarify that the term includes...
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Section 36.303(g)(1) Movie Theater
“Movie Theater” The NPRM proposed defining “movie theater” as “a facility other than a drive-in theater that is used primarily for the purpose of showing movies to the public for a fee...
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Prevention of fraud in purchase of accessible seating. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the NPRM, the Department struck a balance between these competing concerns by proposing § 36.302(f)(8), which prohibited public accommodations from asking for proof of disability before...
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Sections 35.108(a)(2) and 36.105(a)(2) Definition of ‘‘disability’’—Rules of Construction
Sections 35.108(a)(2) and 36.105(a)(2) Definition of ‘‘disability’’—Rules of Construction In the NPRM, the Department proposed §§ 35.108(a)(2) and 36.105(a)(2), which set forth rules...
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Prevention of fraud in purchase of accessible seating. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the NPRM, the Department struck a balance between these competing concerns by proposing § 35.138(h), which prohibited public entities from asking for proof of disability before the purchase...
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2. Costs—Summary of Likely Economic Impact
in this rule, but independently of this rulemaking. ...
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1. Small Business Threshold Assessment—Methodology and Summary of Results
Assessment—Methodology and Summary of Results Consistent with the provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Department has also carefully considered the likely impact of the proposed...
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Classroom Acoustics
Instead of undertaking rulemaking of its own on this issue, the Board opted to work with the private sector in the development of classroom acoustic standards....
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e. Projected Reporting, Record-Keeping Requirements and Other Compliance Requirements of the Rule
The proposed scoping requirements for individual captioning devices are directly proportional to total seat count or screen. ...
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303 Changes in Level
Exceptions for animal containment areas and areas of sports activity established in rulemaking on recreation facilities are included in the final rule....
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2. Updates to Functional Performance Criteria: 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines
As noted above, the Board is also proposing in this NPRM to update several functional performance criteria in Chapter 3 (located in Appendix C – Technical Requirements)—which applies to...
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Section 35.151(c) Accessibility standards for new construction and alterations
Section 35.151(c) Accessibility standards for new construction and alterations Section 35.151(c) of the NPRM proposed to adopt ADA Chapter 1, ADA Chapter 2, and Chapters 3 through 10...
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Section 35.161 Telecommunications. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
First, the NPRM proposed redesignating § 35.161 as § 35.161(a) and replacing the term ‘‘Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)'' with ‘‘Text telephones (TTY).''...