The Department has included a slightly modified version of this provision in § 35.136(g) of the final rule....
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Areas of a public entity open to the public, participants in services, programs, or activities, or invitees. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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Section 37.135 Submission of Paratransit Plans
While the rule assumes that most entities will take a year to fully implement these provisions, longer than a year requires the paratransit plans to submit milestones that are susceptible...
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Volume Control
The Board has retained the 20 decibel specification in this final rule (704.3) for consistency with the ANSI A117.1 standard, the Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines, and the...
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(1) Adjustability: Minimum High Transfer Height
In the preamble to the MDE NPRM, the Access Board sought comment in question 14 on whether the final rule should require an adjustable height range of 17 inches to 25 inches; whether equipment...
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M301.4.2 Clearance Around Base (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The proposed rule required a minimum clearance of 6 inches high measured from the floor and 36 inches deep measured from the edge of the examination surface. NPRM, 77 FR at 6927....
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E. Cost and benefits of website regulations
A formal cost-benefit analysis must include both qualitative and quantitative measurements of the benefits and costs of the proposed rule as well as a discussion of each potentially effective...
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The Revised Guidelines (2004 ADAAG)
In 1999, based largely on the report and recommendations of the advisory committee,[1] the Access Board issued a proposed rule to update and revise its ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines...
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Safe harbor for qualified small businesses regarding what is readily achievable. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In so doing, the Department wishes to promulgate a rule that will benefit a broad class of small businesses by providing a level of certainty in short-term and long-term planning with respect...
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The Revised Guidelines (2004 ADAAG)
In 1999, based largely on the report and recommendations of the advisory committee,[1] the Access Board issued a proposed rule to jointly update and revise its ADA and ABA accessibility...
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ADAAG
Like most federal regulations, ADAAG was developed under a rule making process that invites public comment through publication in the Federal Register....
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(2) Transfer Surface Location for Diagnostic Equipment Used in the Seated Position
If entered as suggested in the proposed rule the patient would have to enter the chair by positioning themselves onto this fixed footrest section that is at a downward angle and would require...
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Summary of Significant Changes
Some of the key changes reflected in the final rule (relative to the existing guidelines) include: New Organization and Format: The 2016 Non-Rail Vehicle Guidelines use a new organizational...
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Section 36.207 Places of Public Accommodation Located in Private Residences (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
All of the requirements of this rule apply to the covered portions, including requirements to make reasonable modifications in policies, eliminate discriminatory eligibility criteria, take...
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Exclusion of service animals. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The final rule retains this language with some modifications....
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1. Movable aisle armrests
Movable aisle armrests The current rule requires U.S. carriers using aircraft with 30 or more seats to have movable aisle armrests on at least half the passenger aisle seats....
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III. Summary of Comments
The disability rights organizations generally supported the proposed rule and recommended multiple ways to increase accessibility....
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A. Final Regulatory Assessment (EO 13563 and EO 12866)
The final rule, which sets forth the MDE Standards, is a significant regulatory action within the meaning of Executive Order 12866....
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Definition of "wheelchair.'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
the context of similar, but not identical, terms used in the proposed Standards, the Department decided to delete the term ‘‘typical indoor and outdoor pedestrian areas'' from the final rule...
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Benefits Not Monetized in the Formal Analysis
The final rules should improve the overall sense of well-being of persons with disabilities, who will know that public entities and places of public accommodation are generally accessible...
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T704 Announcement Systems
The technical requirement in the final rule for stop request systems on buses and vans are similar to the existing guidelines. See 36 CFR 1192.37....
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Definition of "wheelchair." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In addition, the Department has decided that it is more appropriate to use the phrase ‘‘primarily'' designed for use by individuals with disabilities in the final rule, rather than ‘‘solely...
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Benefits Not Monetized in the Formal Analysis
The final rules should improve the overall sense of well-being of persons with disabilities, who will know that public entities and places of public accommodation are generally accessible...
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3. Testing and Labeling of Electronic Respiratory Assistive Devices
The final rule also requires foreign carriers to permit individuals to use electronic respiratory assistive devices in the passenger cabin if certain conditions are met....
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Information for Passengers
The Foreign Carriers NPRM proposed that, similar to the current rule, carriers would have to make certain information available to passengers with disabilities upon request concerning the...