Standards

Editorial on ADA standards was disappointingJuly was Disability Pride Month and also the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. As the parent of a disabled person, we were delighted to receive your editorial headline on…

Arizona's standards for allocating scarce medical resources during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic have been revised to resolve a month-long federal complaint.The state's revised Crisis Standards of Care now reflect "legal requirements…

The United States Department of Health's Office of Human Rights (OCR) has resolved a complaint against the state of Arizona regarding its Crisis Standards Policy ("CSC"). The complaint was filed by the…

Evan Davis, a student in the SUCCESS program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, goes to class with his red backpack. (Emilie Eastman / Capital News Service / TNS) Work is underway to establish, for the…

Many legal regulations can change in an emergency. For example, to allow hospitals to respond to Covid-19, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently waived a number of state regulations. Although the civil servants'…