Are The Locks at Your Business Regulation Compliant?

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Are The Locks at Your Business Regulation
Compliant?
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• Owners of all businesses are required by law to
  ensure that their premises comply with state and
  federal regulations, and for many, this includes
  the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
  Act (HIPAA). Important regulations, these contain
  guidelines for the types of door locks that are
  installed on both new and existing commercial
  premises, and depending upon the type of business
  you own, you may need to be in compliance with
  them.

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• What does ADA door lock compliance mean?
• Passed in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities
  Act, or ADA was designed to help prevent disabled
  people from being discriminated against in the
  workplace, and ensure that in the event of an
  emergency, those with mobility issues can exit
  commercial premises in a safe manner. To be
  compliant with the regulations regarding this
  act, all door locks and hardware installed on the
  businesses buildings must meet the ADA
  guidelines, and anyone working in the buildings,
  or visiting them, should be able to easily access
  and unlock doors in the event of an emergency, or
  otherwise.

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• What are the specific ADA requirements for
  commercial door locks?
• Whatever business you own and run, all buildings
  associated with your company must meet the
  following accessibility lock requirements
• Every door lock and door handle must be
  operable with the use of one hand, and this
  should not require anything above normal strength
  to do so.
• All door locks and door handles must be mounted
  below 48 inches above a finished floor, to ensure
  that anyone using a wheelchair, can easily reach
  the door as and when needed.

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• Doors with push, lever-operated, U-shaped devices
  or panic bars that release the lock, are among
  some of the most commonly used lock mechanisms
  that are ADA compliant.
• What does HIPAA door lock compliance mean?
• Passed in 1996, the Health Insurance Portability
  and Accountability Act, or HIPAA), was designed
  to help secure confidential health data for
  patients, and applies to certain, specific
  industries. For example, most healthcare
  facilities or businesses dealing with the health
  records of patients must follow these guidelines
  set out by the HIPAA.

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• What are the specific requirements for commercial
  door locks?
• All door locks, under the HIPAA, must adequately
  protect patient privacy, and any documents
  containing sensitive medical information, must be
  stored safely in areas of high security, and
  should
• Be accessible only to those personnel who have
  been authorized to do so, and only with the use
  of proper keys or an access control system.
• Not have any doors that operate with an
  exterior hinge if they do, then the owner or
  manager of the healthcare facility must be able
  to demonstrate that they are secured firmly and
  cannot be tampered with or removed to aid
  unlawful access.

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• Have hardware that is regularly tested to
  ensure its continued functionality, and should a
  problem arise, it must be fixed as a matter of
  urgency.
• To find out whether your business is in
  compliance with all relevant regulations, talk to
  your local, commercial locksmith today, who can
  perform an assessment of the premises and advise
  you of any alterations or upgrades that might be
  needed.

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