Withdrawn: 28 CFR Parts 35 and 36, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by State and Local Governments and Places of Public Accommodation; Equipment and Furniture (ANPRM)

viii. Hospital beds and gurneys

Hospital beds and gurneys can be inaccessible to individuals with mobility disabilities. Medical care and long-term care facilities do not always provide accessible beds in the patient and resident sleeping rooms required to be accessible. In order to permit transfers by individuals with mobility disabilities, including those using wheelchairs, accessible height-adjustable beds would allow persons using wheelchairs and other mobility devices to transfer in and out of bed as independently as possible. Gurneys used to transport patients from place to place in a medical facility or used in certain diagnostic procedures may need to meet the same height requirements. Hospital bed control devices, for raising and lowering the bed and for other functions, as well as call buttons, also should be accessible to patients with disabilities.