36 CFR Parts 1190 and 1191 ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines - Preamble (Discussion of Comments and Changes)

Guest rooms providing communication access are also subject to requirements for notification devices and telephones (806.3.2). Telephones must have volume control. Also, telephones must be served by an accessible outlet not more than 4 feet away to facilitate use of TTYs. In the proposed rule, both of these requirements applied to "permanently installed" telephones. The Board has removed the term"permanently installed" because it is the Board’s understanding that the Department of Justice will clarify the application of the guidelines to permanently installed elements in its rule making to update its standards for consistency with these guidelines.