North DakotaState Board of Optometry

OFFICIAL ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

Accessibility at the North Dakota State Board of Optometry

Our commitment to making this website usable by everyone — what we test, what we know is not yet perfect, and how to tell us when something is wrong.

Conformant

Conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA

Every interactive page on this website is currently passing all four automated test suites that run on every code change. The full per-criterion verification matrix is on the Compliance Audit Ledger.

Last reviewed April 8, 2026

Last reviewed
2026-04-08 · April 8, 2026
Next review
2026-07-08
Standard
WCAG 2.1 Level AA — incorporated at 28 CFR §35.200(b)
Deadline
2026-04-24 · April 24, 2026

I — Our Commitment

An accessible site is a public good

The North Dakota State Board of Optometry is committed to ensuring that its public website is accessible to people with disabilities. We hold ourselves to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 Level AA (opens in new tab), the technical standard adopted by the U.S. Department of Justice under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act in its April 2024 final rule.

Any visitor — including those who use a screen reader, keyboard navigation, voice control, screen magnification, or any other assistive technology — should be able to independently access the information and services we provide. Where we fall short of that standard, we want to know about it.

II — How We Verify

Four automated test suites, run on every code change

Conformance to WCAG 2.1 AA is not something we claim and forget. Every code change to this website is checked by four independent automated test suites — and any failure blocks the change from being deployed.

  • I — axe-coreStatic DOM and ARIA audit on every public route.
  • II — LighthouseIndependent corroboration via Google’s accessibility scoring.
  • III — KeyboardReal Tab / Enter / Space / Escape interaction on every public page.
  • IV — Screen ReaderSpoken-output assertions for every interactive element, using the same accessibility tree that VoiceOver and NVDA consume.

187 individual checks · 4 suites · 22 public routes · all currently passing

The full per-criterion verification matrix — every WCAG success criterion mapped to the test suite that verifies it, with the most recent run of each — is on the Compliance Audit Ledger.

Automated testing is supplemented by periodic manual VoiceOver walkthroughs on Safari for macOS — a developer-machine fidelity check that the automated suite cannot fully replace.

III — Known Limitations

What is not yet fully accessible

Subpart H of 28 CFR Part 35 lists categories of content that are exempted from the WCAG conformance requirement. Two of those exceptions apply to our site, and we list them here so they are fully visible rather than hidden behind a generic disclaimer.

§35.201(b)

Pre-existing conventional electronic documents

Board meeting minutes, statute reprints, and application form PDFs posted before April 24, 2026. Each is being remediated or replaced with HTML alternatives on a rolling basis.

Remediation tracked at docs/pdf-accessibility-backlog.md

§35.201(c)

Third-party content

External Zoom meeting links, the ARBO OE Tracker continuing-education portal, and outbound links to the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. NDSBO has no contractual control over the accessibility of these third-party destinations.

If you need an accessible version of any document referenced above, contact the ADA Coordinator below and we will provide one.

IV — Feedback & Escalation

Tell us when something is wrong

We want to know about every accessibility barrier you encounter. Reports go to the Board's ADA Coordinator. We aim to respond within five business days.

ADA Coordinator

North Dakota State Board of Optometry

2222 E. Broadway Ave, Bismarck, ND 58501

Phone(701) 471-0289

Emailndoptometryboard@gmail.com

Other paths

This statement was last reviewed on April 8, 2026.