§794f — Title 29 Labor | U.S. Code

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Within 24 months after March 23, 2010, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board must create rules, working with the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and following the Administrative Procedure Act, that set minimum technical standards for medical diagnostic equipment used in doctors’ offices, clinics, emergency rooms, hospitals, and other medical places. The rules must make the equipment accessible and usable by people with disabilities, letting them get in, use, and get out on their own as much as possible. The standards cover exam tables and chairs (including eye and dental chairs), weight scales, mammography, x‑ray and other common diagnostic imaging machines, and the Board must review and update the rules from time to time.

Title 29, §794f

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(a)Not later than 24 months after March 23, 2010,11 See References in Text note below. the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, promulgate regulatory standards in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (2 U.S.C. 551 et seq.) 1 setting forth the minimum technical criteria for medical diagnostic equipment used in (or in conjunction with) physician’s offices, clinics, emergency rooms, hospitals, and other medical settings. The standards shall ensure that such equipment is accessible to, and usable by, individuals with accessibility needs, and shall allow independent entry to, use of, and exit from the equipment by such individuals to the maximum extent possible.

(b)The standards issued under subsection (a) for medical diagnostic equipment shall apply to equipment that includes examination tables, examination chairs (including chairs used for eye examinations or procedures, and dental examinations or procedures), weight scales, mammography equipment, x-ray machines, and other radiological equipment commonly used for diagnostic purposes by health professionals.

(c)The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, shall periodically review and, as appropriate, amend the standards in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (2 U.S.C. 551 et seq.).1

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March 23, 2010, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “the date of enactment of the Affordable Health Choices Act”, which was translated as meaning the date of enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. 111–148, which enacted this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. The Administrative Procedure Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), is act

June 11, 1946, ch. 324, 60 Stat. 237, which was repealed and reenacted as subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

§794f Establishment of standards for accessible medical diagnostic equipment

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Title 29, §794f

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