Sec. 14.33.02.03. Application

A. Except as provided by Regulation .02B of this chapter, information technology and information technology services procured, used, maintained, developed, and provided by or on behalf of agencies shall be nonvisually accessible in accordance with the standards promulgated in this chapter.

B. Agencies shall procure information technology and information technology services that comply with the provisions in this chapter when such information technology and information technology services are available in the commercial marketplace or developed in response to a State government solicitation.

C. When procuring or using commercially available information technology, an agency may not claim that an information technology product as a whole is not commercially available because no product in the marketplace meets all the standards. If products are commercially available that meet some but not all of the standards, the agency shall procure the product that best meets the standards.

D. This chapter may not be construed to prohibit the use of designs or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed in this chapter if they result in substantially equivalent or greater access for people with visual disabilities.