United StatesAir Carrier Access Act rule, accessibility of automated airport kiosks
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding private bodies.
As of .
What it requires
- If you are a carrier and own, lease or control automated airport kiosks at a United States airport with 10,000 or more enplanements per year, make every kiosk you install on or after meet the design specifications of 14 CFR 382.57(c) until at least 25 percent of the kiosks in each location meet them (14 CFR 382.57(a)(1)).
- Make at least 25 percent of the kiosks you own, lease or control in each location at a United States airport meet those design specifications; the date was (14 CFR 382.57(a)(2)).
- Where kiosks in a location perform more than one function, make the accessible kiosks perform all the same functions, give a passenger with a disability who asks priority access to an available accessible kiosk, and keep each accessible kiosk visually and tactilely identifiable as accessible and in proper working condition (14 CFR 382.57(a)(3) to (5)).
- Give each covered kiosk an option for speech output delivered through a mechanism readily available to all users, captions for multimedia content that carries speech necessary to understand it, and Braille instructions for starting the speech mode (14 CFR 382.57(c)(5) and (8)).
- Provide equivalent service on request to a passenger with a disability who cannot readily use your kiosks, such as directing a passenger who is blind to an accessible kiosk or assisting the passenger in using an inaccessible one (14 CFR 382.57(d)).
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Penalty structure
General civil penalty maximum per violation; an individual or small business concern is capped at a lower figure.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 75,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
U.S. Department of Transportation, which investigates complaints of a violation of section 41705 of title 49 or a regulation prescribed under it
What this law does
A carrier must ensure that automated airport kiosks it installs on or after at a United States airport with 10,000 or more enplanements per year meet the rule's design specifications until at least 25 percent of the kiosks in each location do. By , at least 25 percent of the automated kiosks a carrier owns, leases or controls in each location at a United States airport must meet the design specifications.
The design specifications require every covered kiosk to provide an option for speech output. A carrier is jointly and severally liable with airport operators and other participating carriers for shared-use automated airport kiosks. A carrier must provide equivalent service on request to a passenger with a disability who cannot readily use its kiosks. A general civil penalty of not more than $75,000 applies to violations of the Department's rules under this statute.
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