Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report

6.3 Minority Reports

Because the Advisory Committee did not achieve consensus on the recommendation for a minimum transfer surface height standard, U.S. Access Board rules allowed individual Committee members to submit their views about this issue through a Minority Report. As shown in Table 6.3, the following Advisory Committee member organizations submitted a Minority Report, which appear in Appendix A. All Minority Reports were submitted voluntarily by Committee members and are unedited (i.e., the reports in Appendix A have not been altered through the Committee editorial process; the reports thus represent the views of the submitting organization as stated by that organization). A full reading of these Minority Reports is critical to understanding the range of views guiding the various stakeholder organizations that served on the MDE Advisory Committee about the recommendation for the minimum transfer surface height.

Table 6.3

Committee Members Submitting Minority Reports on the Minimum Transfer Surface Height

• Boston Center for Independent Living
• The ADA National Network
• Brewer Company
• Duke University and Medical Center
• Equal Rights Center
• GE Healthcare
• Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy
• at Western University of Health Sciences
• Hausmann Industries, Inc.,
• Hologic, Inc.
• Medical Technology Industries, Inc.
• Midmark Corporation
• National Council on Independent Living
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• Philips Healthcare
• Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
• United Spinal Association
• University of the Sciences in Philadelphia