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Arizona state agency accessibility standards for electronic and information technology, with complaint procedure
Ariz. Admin. Code R2-18-501 to R2-18-503
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
- Enforcement body
- Arizona Department of Administration
- Instrument type
- a regulation made under an act
- Obligation class
- Governance
- Conformance standard
- US Section 508 standards
What it requires
- If you are a state budget unit, ensure that the electronic or information technology products you develop, procure, maintain or use comply with the accessibility standards the Department of Administration prescribes to address Section 508, unless complying would impose an undue burden on you (Ariz. Admin. Code R2-18-501(A) and (B)).
- Designate an Accessibility Compliance Representative, and where you determine that compliance imposes an undue burden, provide individuals with disabilities the information and data involved so that they have comparable access (Ariz. Admin. Code R2-18-501(B)).
- Before you spend state funds on a proposed electronic or information technology system, evaluate its accessibility and keep the results in a written report with the solution documentation (Ariz. Admin. Code R2-18-501(C)).
- When an individual complains that your electronic or information technology does not comply with the accessibility standards, have your Accessibility Compliance Representative review the complaint within 60 days, and give the complainant and the Department of Administration written notice of the results with conformance documentation, a documented undue-burden explanation, or a plan with reasonable timelines for conforming (Ariz. Admin. Code R2-18-502(B) and (C)).
- Where the Department finds on a complaint that your technology does not comply, send a plan of resolution to the Department and the complainant within 60 days (Ariz. Admin. Code R2-18-503(B)(1)).
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What this law does
Arizona's Department of Administration prescribes electronic and information technology accessibility standards under rule R2-18-501, and each state budget unit must designate an Accessibility Compliance Representative and ensure that its products comply with those standards unless an undue burden would be imposed on the budget unit.
The rule defines the accessibility standards as the statewide accessibility standards the Department adopts to address compliance with Section 508 in developing, procuring, maintaining or using electronic or information technology.
Section 18-101 of the Arizona Revised Statutes defines a budget unit as a department, commission, board, institution or other agency of the state that receives, spends or disburses state funds, and it excludes the universities under the Arizona board of regents, the community college districts and the legislative and judicial branches. A budget unit must evaluate the accessibility of any proposed electronic or information technology system before it spends state funds on the system.
Any individual may file a complaint with the budget unit's Accessibility Compliance Representative alleging that the unit does not comply with the accessibility standards. The Accessibility Compliance Representative must conduct its review within 60 days of receiving the written complaint.
On completing the review, the budget unit must give the complainant and the Department written notice of the results, with documentation that the technology conforms to the applicable standards, a documented explanation that a non-conformance was exempted as an undue burden, or an agreement that includes a plan with reasonable timelines for conforming. A complainant who is not satisfied with the response may file the complaint with the Director of the Department.
The Director must render an independent decision within 60 days of receiving it, and where the technology does not comply, the budget unit must send a plan of resolution within 60 days to the Department and the complainant. Rule R2-18-501 was made by final rulemaking effective .
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