G/TBT/N/USA/1260/Rev.1  
24 May 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ATBCB)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notificati on shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Medical 
diagnostic equipment; Medical equipment (ICS code(s): 11.040)  
5. Title, number of pages an d language(s) of the notified document:  Standards for 
Accessible Medical Diagnostic Equipment; (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (hereafter, "A ccess Board" or "Board"), is 
issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking to remove the sunset provisions in the Board's 
existing accessibility standards for medical diagnostic equipment related to the low -height 
specifications for transfer surfaces, and rep lace them with a final specification for the low -
transfer -height of medical diagnostic equipment used in the supine, prone, side -lying 
position and the seated position.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety   
8. Relevant documents:  88 Federal Register (FR) 33056, 23 May 2023; Title 36 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1195:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-23/html/2023 -10827.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-23/pdf/2023 -10827.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number ATBCB -2023-0001. 
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ATBCB -2023-0001/document  and provides access 
to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and G/TBT/N/USA/1260/Rev.1  
 
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  their stakeholders are ask ed to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 24 July 2023. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will 
also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the c omment period.  
Earlier actions  notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1260 are identified by Docket 
Number ATBCB -2012-0003; primary an d supporting documents as well as comments 
received are accessible from Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/ATBCB -2012-0003/document . 
9. Proposed date of adoptio n: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  24 July 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_09782_00_e.pdf  
 
 
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