CE Disabled Services California Title 24 has some very interesting language in it regarding ATMs and Point of sale machines. It has been interpreted to cover far more than those who wrote it may have intended. Companies are again going to need to make many things "accessible". Buttons instead of touch pads. We shall be looking forward to any comments. 3105A(g) Automated Teller Machines and Point of Sale Machines Interpretation [for Section 3105A(g)] Section 3105A(g) is new to Title 24, although the requirement for accessible ATMs in California is not new. The California State Supreme Court decision in Donald v. Sacramento Valley Bank states that ATMs are a public accommodation and are therefore required to be accessible even though Title 24 previously contained no specific regulations that explained how to provide accessibility. Now the ADA also requires accessible ATMS, and section 3105(g) has been added to Title 24 to comply with ADA but also to reflect the intent of Donald v. Sacramento Valley Bank in order to avoid legal problems in California. Section 3105A(g), continued 1. Definitions. A. "Automated teller machine" (ATM) means any electronic information processing device, including a point of sale machine, used by a financial institution or other business entity and its customers for the primary purpose of executing financial transactions between itself and its customers. For the purposes of this section, automated teller machine includes point of sale machines used in grocery stores, ticket sales facilities, and other business entities, but does not include card reading devices located on fuel pump islands at gasoline service stations and motor vehicle fuel facilities. Interpretation [for Section 3105A(g)lA] This definition section gives the parameters of what types of machines are considered ATMs for the purpose of providing accessibility. Note that the definition includes point of sale machines, but does not include fuel pump devices at gasoline service stations. 3105A(g)6. ATM Equipment for Persons with Vision Impair- ments. Instructions and all information for use shall be made accessible to and independently usable by persons with vision impairments. 3105A(f) Controls and Operating Mechanisms. See also Sections 210-50(e), 380-8(c) and 760-8.1, California Electrical Code, for electrical installation. Interpretation [for Section 3105A(f)] Previously this section referred to accessibility requirements for light and control switches, manual fire alarm boxes, and receptacle outlets. Because ADA now requires all operating controls and mechanisms to be accessible, the Title 24 terminology has been changed. Controls and operating mechanisms extend beyond light switches and electrical receptacles to include vending machine levers and buttons, telephone pushbuttons, and any other device required to operate a machine, appliance, or element in an accessible facility. Subparagraph 1 below says you must provide accessible controls and operating mechanisms in all facilities required to be accessible; the reference to section 110-10 sends you back to the application section to determine whether accessibility is required in a given facility.