| (a) Effective April 18, 2020, unless an exception is
approved by the president or chancellor of an institution of higher
education or an exemption has been made for specific technologies
pursuant to §213.37 of this chapter, all hardware EIR developed,
procured, or changed by an institution of higher education shall comply
with the following standards referenced in US Section 508 Appendix
C Chapter 4:
(1) Chapter 4, § 401 General;
(2) Chapter 4, § 402 Closed Functionality;
(3) Chapter 4, § 403 Biometrics;
(4) Chapter 4, § 404 Preservation of Information
Provided for Accessibility;
(5) Chapter 4, § 405 Privacy;
(6) Chapter 4, § 406 Standard Connections;
(7) Chapter 4, § 407 Operable Parts;
(8) Chapter 4, § 408 Display Screens;
(9) Chapter 4, § 409 Status Indicators;
(10) Chapter 4, § 410 Color Coding;
(11) Chapter 4, § 411 Audible Signals;
(12) Chapter 4, § 412 ICT with Two-Way Communication;
(13) Chapter 4, § 413 Closed Caption Processing
Technologies;
(14) Chapter 4, § 414 Audio Description Processing
Technologies;
(15) Chapter 4, § 415 User Controls for Captions
and Audio Descriptions.
(b) When EIR hardware is located in maintenance or
monitoring spaces, and where status indicators and operable parts
are located in spaces that are frequented only by service personnel
for maintenance, repair, or occasional monitoring of equipment, such
status indicators and operable parts shall not be required to conform
to §213.33 of this chapter.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §213.33 adopted to be effective April 27, 2006, 31 TexReg 3379; amended to be effective September 16, 2008, 33 TexReg 7744; amended to be effective September 18, 2014, 39 TexReg 7565; amended to be effective December 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 7679 |
