The 2023 draft for the ICC A117.1 is open for public comment. The deadline for public comments is July 31, 2023. While the draft includes the full text, public comments are limited to the revised sections or items in the original proposals. Please send in public comments on the form. The background information on the changes in the draft is included in the committee actions report.

The ICC A117.1 committee will be meeting every other Thursday, starting Feb. 24, 2022, to review the public comments submitted. Meeting times and dates are provided on the meeting notice. The ICC A117.1 roster has 50 members.

The public review period to submit public comments concluded on April 5, 2021. The public comments have been posted on Jan. 21, 2022, and revised Feb. 8, 2022, and are located in the Administrative documents. They can be accessed here.

Modifications to the proposals can be submitted on this form.

Modifications should be submitted to staff at least 24 hours before the meeting where the proposal will be discussed so that the modifications can be distributed prior to the call.

The 2017* edition of ICC A117.1 entitled Standard for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities was approved by ANSI as an American National Standard on March 28, 2017. The 2017 ICC A117.1 standard can be viewed for free here. The standard and commentary are available for in print and electronic format at the ICC store.

The Code Council adheres to openness and transparency in our Standards development process. All ICC Standards committee meetings are open to the public. Any interested party can participate in committee meetings and can be considered by the committee for membership on any work-group that the committee creates. Interested parties will be notified by email of standards activities related to ICC (ASC A117), including committee meetings, sub-group meetings and the availability of standard development documentation. If you wish to be placed on the “interested parties” list for the development of this standard, contact the ICC Secretariat for ICC (ASC A117) named below.

Committee Update
The ICC A117.1 had four work groups that developed proposals related to their scope of work.  For a description of the work groups, look under Administrative. The four work groups were Scoping, Accessible Bathing, Assisted Toileting and Bathing and Adult Changing Stations.

The ICC A117.1 has four new task groups – Residential Receptacles.; Communications; Walking and Wheeling Surfaces; Terminology.

The ICC Consensus Committee on Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, ICC (ASC A117) develops the ICC A117.1 Standard. The Consensus Committee is a continuing committee.

*During the development of the 2017 edition, it was generally referred to as the 2015 edition. As the development period ran longer than expected, the ‘2015’ became the 2017 edition.