The Department received a number of comments in response to the NPRM proposal urging the removal of the term ‘‘do work'' from the definition of a service animal....
Search Results "Overall Responsibility"
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Doing "work'' or "performing tasks.'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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Issue 21: What additional education and training are needed for supervisors of employees with low vision?
Response by Marsha Mazz: Let’s take that specific case and figure out what possible things might happen. If you were to file a complaint with the U.S....
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Family members and friends as interpreters. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department has added this regulatory requirement to emphasize that when a public accommodation is interacting with a person with a disability, it is the public accommodation's responsibility...
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Program Accessibility
After completing this self-evaluation, a public entity/recipient must set forth a plan for eliminating such barriers so as to provide overall access for persons with disabilities. ...
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1. General Exception
While the MDE NPRM proposed several specific technical exceptions in Chapter 3, the exceptions did not address the manufacturers’ overall concerns regarding imaging equipment....
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(3) Adjustability: Transfer Surface Intermediate Heights
To support this recommendation, the MDE Advisory Committee explained: that adjustability greatly increases the overall accessibility of equipment for all persons....
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Recognizing TTY Calls/Treating Silent, Open Lines as Potential TTY Calls
This is because the caller's equipment does not recognize that the call has been answered until the call taker sends a TTY response....
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Paragraph (c) Access to moving text (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Response. The Board agrees that automatic messages could be a problem and that one may not be able to communicate with the sender until the message has gone by....
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Route and Destination Signs
Response. The Board has corrected this exception so that characters are not required to be more than 3 inches high where sign space is limited....
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Gates
Response. Section 404, as all of Chapter 4, addresses accessible routes and components of such routes....
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Top Landings
Response. Section 406.4 is new to the final rule in clarifying requirements for landings at the top of curb ramps....
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Accessible to Persons with Vision Impairments
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Steps the Employer May Take
However, an employer may not require an applicant to have a medical examination because a response to a medical inquiry (as opposed to results from a medical examination) discloses a previous...
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Sections 505.10.2 and 505.10.3
in the 1991 Standards that handrails extend horizontally at least 12 inches beyond the width of one tread at the bottom of a stair was changed in the 2004 ADAAG by the Access Board in response...
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Sharing an Access Aisle
Response. The Board has included a requirement that where angled spaces are provided, the access aisle must be located on the passenger side of van spaces (502.3.4)....
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104 Conventions
Response. A provision has been added in the final rule which states that the figures contained in this document "are provided for informational purposes only" (104.3)....
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Scoping Requirement for Alarms
Response. The scoping requirement for other types of alarms has been removed in the final rule. The Board did not want to scope an element absent reliable technical specifications....
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Number of Assistive Listening Systems
Response. In the final rule, the Board has clarified that the minimum number is to be based on each assembly area....
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Transfer Compartments
Response. The Board has revised the rule to permit "folding or non-folding" seats in transfer compartments....
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Unisex Toilet Rooms
Response. The requirements for unisex facilities have been revised according to specifications in the model building codes (213.2.1)....
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Baby Changing Tables
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E. Notice to MSHA Personnel and MSHA Affiliated Physicians
If you are the responsible health care provider, you must ensure that such aids and services are provided when appropriate....
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M101.3 Existing Diagnostic Equipment (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In response to the commenters’ concerns regarding existing equipment, the Access Board has decided to add a new provision which clarifies that the MDE Standards do not address the accessibility...
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11B-202 Existing buildings and facilities
INTERPRETATION Projects consisting solely of ADA barrier removal in response to court-ordered remediation might not necessarily result in compliance with CBC Chapter 11B....