Access Board Requirements
Transfer surfaces shall be adjustable in height measured from the floor to the top of the
uncompressed transfer surface and shall provide the following:
- A low transfer position at 17 inches maximum
- A high transfer position at 25 inches minimum
- At least 4 additional transfer positions located between the low and high transfer positions
separated by 1 inch minimum
Midmark 626 Barrier-Free Examination Chair
The only chair on the market that can lower to a height of 15 ½ inches (uncompressed upholstery)
- High transfer position of 37 inches
- 21 ½ inches of height adjustability
Access Board Requirements
The seated transfer surface shall be:
- 21 inches wide minimum
- 17 inches deep minimum
Midmark 626 Barrier-Free Examination Chair
- The seated transfer surface is 28 or 32 inches wide (depending on upholstery top)
- 19 ½ inches deep
Access Board Requirements
The width of the base permitted within this clearance shall be 26 inches wide maximum at the edge
of the examination surface.
Midmark 626 Barrier-Free Examination Chair
- Base clearance of 23 ½ inches
- Compatible with patient lifts
Access Board Requirements
Transfer supports shall be/have:
- Located 1 ½ inches maximum measured horizontally from the plane defined by the nearest edge
of the transfer surface
- Capable of supporting transfer on each side of the transfer surface
- 15 inches long minimum
- 6 inches to 19 inches in height (higher than the top of the associated uncompressed transfer
surface) during use
- An outside diameter of 1 ¼ inches minimum and 2 inches maximum (circular cross section)
- A gripping surface continuous along their length and shall not be obstructed along their
tops or sides
Midmark Patient Support Rails and Patient Support Rails+
- Compliant to the new standards
- Provide patients with stability while entering, exiting or repositioning on the exam chair