Comparison: 2010 and 1991 ADA Standards for Accessible Design - Scoping Requirements
217 Telephones
1991 Standards for Accessible Design |
2010 Standards for Accessible Design |
What’s New/Different |
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4.1.3(17)(b) All telephones required to be accessible and complying with 4.31.2 through 4.31.8 shall be equipped with a volume control. In addition, 25 percent, but never less than one, of all other public telephones provided shall be equipped with a volume control and shall be dispersed among all types of public telephones, including closed circuit telephones, throughout the building or facility. Signage complying with applicable provisions of 4.30.7 shall be provided. |
217.3 Volume Controls. All public telephones shall have volume controls complying with 704.3. |
Change: All public telephones required to have volume controls. |
c) The following shall be provided in accordance with 4.31.9: (i) If a total of four or more public pay telephones (including both interior and exterior telephones) is provided at a site, and at least one is in an interior location, then at least one interior public text telephone shall be provided. |
217.4 TTYs. TTYs complying with 704.4 shall be provided in accordance with 217.4. |
Increase in requirement. |
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