Date: Friday, September 19, 2025 - Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Location:

The Wheelchairs committee is out for Public Review with the American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) for the revision of their standard RESNA WC-1:2019 -  RESNA Standard for Wheelchairs - Volume 1: Requirements and Test Methods for Wheelchairs (Including Scooters) - Section 15, with a comment end date of November 3rd, 2025. This standard specifies the information, documentation, and labeling to be supplied with a wheelchair or provided in the presale specification sheets by the manufacturer. The new revisions apply labeling and air travel configuration card requirements from the RESNA AT-1:2021 Section 4 standard to all new wheelchair models and new deliveries of pre-existing wheelchair models, enabling commercial air carriers to more efficiently and safely prepare, handle, stow, and transport wheelchairs.

Commenting Procedures

To obtain an electronic copy of the draft RESNA WC-1 Section 15 standard and the RESNA Comment Form, please email the RESNA ATSB Standards Secretary at technicalstandards@resna.org.

All public comments on RESNA draft standards must be submitted on the RESNA Comment Form. Any public comments not submitted on the RESNA Comment Form will not be considered. Please return the completed RESNA Comment Form, along with any questions regarding the RESNA WCS Committee or the draft RESNA WC-1 Section 15 Standard, to technicalstandards@resna.org and copy psa@ansi.org.

All public comments must be submitted by November 3, 2025.

Click Here to see the RESNA Policies and Procedures for the Development of RESNA Assistive Technology Standards.

Published in ANSI Standards Action on September 19th, 2025.