36 CFR Part 1195 Proposed Accessibility Standards for Medical Diagnostic Equipment NPRM
M101 General
M101.1 Purpose.
The standards contain technical criteria for medical diagnostic equipment that is accessible to and usable by patients with disabilities. The standards provide for independent access to and use of diagnostic equipment by patients with disabilities to the maximum extent possible.
M101.2 Application.
The standards shall be applied to diagnostic equipment based on the patient positions that the equipment is designed to support. Where diagnostic equipment is designed to support more than one patient position, the standards for each patient position supported shall be applied to the equipment.
Advisory M101.2 Application. The following examples illustrate how the standards apply to diagnostic equipment designed to support more than one patient position:
• An examination chair converts to an examination table. The technical criteria in M302 for diagnostic equipment used by patients in a seated position; and in M301 for diagnostic equipment used by patients in a supine, prone, or side-lying position apply.
• A weight scale can be used by patients seated in a wheelchair, or seated on a built-in folding seat, or standing and holding onto supports. The technical criteria in M303 for diagnostic equipment used by patients seated in a wheelchair; in M302 for diagnostic equipment used by patients in a seated position; and in M304 for diagnostic equipment used by patients in a standing position apply.
M101.3 Equivalent Facilitation.
The use of alternative designs or technologies that result in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability than specified in the standards is permitted.
M101.4 Dimensions.
The standards are based on adult dimensions and anthropometrics. Dimensions that are not stated as "maximum" or "minimum" are absolute.
M101.5 Dimensional Tolerances.
Dimensions are subject to conventional industry tolerances for manufacturing processes, material properties, and field conditions
User Comments/Questions
Add Comment/Question