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Information and communication technology nonvisual access standards for Maryland State agencies (COMAR 14.33.02)
COMAR Title 14, Subtitle 33, Chapter 02, regulations .02 to .07
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- a regulation made under an act
- Obligation class
- Governance
- Conformance standard
- US Section 508 standards
What it requires
- If you are a Maryland Executive Branch agency, procure information and communication technology and provide services by or on behalf of the agency that are nonvisually accessible in accordance with COMAR 14.33.02, unless the technology is not available with nonvisual access because its essential elements are visual and no nonvisual equivalent can be developed, or modifying it for nonvisual access would increase the price of the procurement by more than 15 percent (COMAR 14.33.02.02A and G).
- Procure technology that complies with the chapter when it is available in the commercial marketplace or developed in response to a State solicitation (COMAR 14.33.02.02H).
- Where conforming technology is not commercially available, procure the technology that best meets the agency’s business needs, document in writing the nonavailability and the basis for that determination, and give individuals with visual disabilities access to the information and data by an alternative means that meets identified needs (COMAR 14.33.02.02I-K).
- Make software that you procure meet 36 CFR 1194, appendix C, section 5, and make electronic support documentation meet 36 CFR 1194, appendix C, section 602.3 (COMAR 14.33.02.05 and 14.33.02.06B(3)).
- Certify in the Agency Information Technology Master Plan submission to the Department of Information Technology that the technology procured and the services provided by or on behalf of the agency comply with the chapter (COMAR 14.33.02.07).
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What this law does
COMAR chapter 14.33.02 sets uniform nonvisual access standards for use in the procurement of information and communication technology and the provision of information and communication technology services by or on behalf of agencies. In the chapter, an agency is each unit of State government to which the subtitle applies under section 3A-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. Information and communication technology includes websites, videos and electronic documents.
Agencies shall procure information and communication technology and services that comply with the chapter when they are available in the commercial marketplace or developed in response to a State government solicitation. Where conforming technology is not commercially available, the agency must procure the technology that best meets its business needs, document the nonavailability in writing, and give individuals with visual disabilities access to the information by an alternative means.
The chapter does not apply to technology that a contractor acquires and uses incidental to performing under a contract and that is not transferred to the State or incorporated into the deliverables. Software information and communication technology is nonvisually accessible if it meets the requirements of 36 CFR 1194, appendix C, section 5, which the chapter incorporates by reference.
Each agency certifies in its Agency Information Technology Master Plan submission to the Department of Information Technology that the technology it procured and the services provided by or on its behalf comply with the chapter.
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