[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16448-16449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05936]
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ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
36 CFR Part 1195
[Docket No. ATBCB-2012-0003]
RIN 3014-AA40
Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Standards Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Standards
Advisory Committee will hold its fifth meeting. On July 5, 2012, the
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access
Board) established the advisory committee to make recommendations to
the Board on matters associated with comments received and responses to
questions included in a previously published Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) on Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility
Standards.
DATES: The Committee will meet on March 26, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. and on March 27, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Access Board's Conference
Room, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004-1111.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rex Pace, Office of Technical and
Information Services, Architectural and Transportation Barriers
Compliance Board, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-
1111. Telephone number (202) 272-0023 (Voice); (202) 272-0052 (TTY).
Electronic mail address: board.gov">pace@access-board.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 5, 2012, the Access Board
established an advisory committee to make recommendations to the Board
on matters associated with comments received and responses to questions
included in a previously published NPRM on Medical Diagnostic Equipment
Accessibility Standards. See 77 FR 6916 (February 9, 2012). The NPRM
and information related to the proposed standards are available on the
Access Board's Web site at: http://www.access-board.gov/medical-equipment.htm.
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The advisory committee will hold its fifth meeting on March 26 and
27, 2013. The agenda includes the following:
Review of previous committee work;
Review and discussion of subcommittee work and
recommendations;
Continued discussion on recommendations for transfer
surface height and Transfer support location and configuration
Consideration of issues proposed by committee members; and
Discussion of administrative issues.
The preliminary meeting agenda, along with information about the
committee, is available at the Access Board's Web site (http://www.access-board.gov/medical-equipment.htm).
Committee meetings are open to the public and interested persons
can attend the meetings and communicate their views. Members of the
public will have opportunities to address the committee on issues of
interest to them during public comment periods scheduled on each day of
the meeting.
The meetings will be accessible to persons with disabilities. An
assistive listening system, computer assisted real-time transcription
(CART), and sign language interpreters will be provided. Persons
attending the meetings are requested to refrain from using perfume,
cologne, and other fragrances for the comfort of other participants
(see www.access-board.gov/about/policies/fragrance.htm for more
information). Also, persons wishing to provide handouts or other
written information to the committee are requested to provide
electronic formats to Rex Pace via email prior to the meetings so that
alternate formats can be distributed to committee members.
David M. Capozzi,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-05936 Filed 3-14-13; 8:45 am]
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