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The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) issued a final rule establishing Accessibility Standards for Medical Diagnostic Equipment in January 2017.  The Standards set forth minimum technical criteria to ensure that medical diagnostic equipment used by health care providers (such as examination tables, weight scales, imaging equipment) are accessible to individuals with disabilities.  One of the areas covered by these Standards is the adjustability of transfer surfaces for certain types of diagnostic equipment, including provisions for high, low, and intermediate transfer heights.  The low transfer height was temporarily set as a range (i.e., 17-19 inches) with an accompanying 5-year sunset period, during which time it was expected that the Board would promulgate a final, single specification for the low transfer height position.  For several reasons, however, the Board was not able to issue this final standard.  We thus intend to publish a direct final rule that extends the sunset date for an additional five years.  The Board intends to finalize the low transfer height provision within the five-year extension.