575 Accommodations for the Disabled Note

Field definition and scope:

Field 575 contains a note that provides information pertaining to people with disabilities. It includes information about accommodations available at the community information entity for people with disabilities, for instance, regarding toilet facilities, the availability of wheelchairs, special computers, braille, etc. Information may also be present as to whether steps have been ramped, telephones have been lowered, flashing lights have been installed, grab bars have been added in restrooms, etc. It could also include information on how to get to the community information entity by special transportation for people with disabilities, whether or not a sign language interpreter is available, etc. Some of this information may be contained in coded form in field 007 (Physical Description Fixed Field).

Field 575 is repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, and designator repeatability, see table below:

Position	Description	Repeatability
Field 575	Accommodations for the Disabled Note	R
Indicator:
First	Undefined; contains a blank
Second	Undefined; contains a blank

Subfield code:
$a	Accommodations for the disabled note	NR
$6	Linkage	NR
$8	Field link and sequence number	R

Input conventions:

Punctuation: Field 575 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.