ADA In A Day: Accessibility for California Healthcare Facilities – 2024

Need ADA credits? Attendees taking this course will receive a total of 5 ADA credits to meet their California licensing requirement. AIA members will receive 5 hours of HSW LU’s. New this year: you have the option of attending in person (with lunch included) or virtually via Zoom.

Course Description:

Accessibility Compliance for California Healthcare Facilities – 2024

ALL NEW SEMINAR – ALL NEW MATERIAL!

This seminar will be a new format, split into two halves, an ‘Accessibility 201’ in the morning session, and an ‘Accessibility 301’ in the afternoon session.

Accessibility 201 – Fundamentals of Accessibility in Healthcare:

The morning session will lay out the fundamentals of scoping and technical code requirements for Healthcare Facilities including the following:

• Scoping for Healthcare – Code Section 11B-223
• Path of Travel – Case Studies
• Technical Accessibility Requirements – Code Section 11B-805
• Medical Floor Plans – Clearance Requirements
• OSHPD / HCAI Interpretations
• New Code Updates – 2022 CBC Mid-Code Cycle Updates

Accessibility 301 – Advanced-Level Challenges in Healthcare:

The afternoon session will cover a collection of unique and thought-provoking accessibility challenges in healthcare including the following:

• Bariatrics
• Reach Range Complaints – Case Study on Upper Cabinets
• Patient Lifts and Associated Challenges
• Ed Roberts Campus – Case Study – How to do it right!
• Locks vs. Automatic Door Openers vs. Privacy at Toilet Rooms
• Sliding Barn Doors in Healthcare
• Swinging Doors – Force-to-Open Solutioning: Closers and Openers
• Patient Complaints
• Patient Injuries
• Drop-Off Areas: 11B-250
• Communication Challenges

The seminar will use case-studies of actual projects and make an abundant use of floor plans and photographs to clarify the code requirements as they specifically relate to healthcare facilities (both OSHPD and non-OSHPD application). The learning objectives are:

1. Detailed Understanding of Path of Travel Obligations in Healthcare Remodel Projects
2. Detailed Understanding of Scoping Requirements – Specific to Healthcare Facilities
3. Detailed Understanding of Clearances Required in Patient Care Areas
4. Unique Accessibility Situations in Healthcare

TIME: 9 am – 2:30 pm (1/2 hour lunch break)

COST: AIA Members $100, Non-members $150

IN-PERSON: Taylor Design, 1400 S Street, Suite 100, Sacramento 95811

VIRTUAL: Via Zoom

Instructor: Bill Zellmer, AIA CASp – Program Manager – Sutter Health – Physical Access and Regulatory Affairs

For reasonable accommodations and/or alternate formats, please contact AIA Central Valley at least 72 hours prior to the event or for more information: [email protected] or 916-444-3658.