What a source states in scope
Use primary legal or agency material at its actual authority level and setting.
SOURCE SCOPE ยท NOT LEGAL ADVICE
Law & guidance boundaries
Separate current law and guidance, case-derived lessons, and the proposed standard. Do not turn one into another.
Three labels
Every proposition has a source status.
What a documented experience can teach
Use a specific record without converting it into precedent or a universal rule.
What this protocol proposes
NSMAEP, its tools, and the PMR are voluntary policy architecture, not existing law.
Current law / guidance
Keep agencies and source scope distinct.
DOJ
DOJ mobility-device guidance describes mobility-device categories and, in its powered-device context, actual-risk safety requirements and setting factors. It does not classify inline skates as OPDMDs or establish this full protocol.
Read DOJ mobility-device guidanceDOT / FTA
DOT and FTA provide transportation-specific authority and materials. Their relevance depends on the transportation setting and source scope.
Read the FTA BART determinationFTA BART determination
The 2007 FTA determination was fact-specific and environment-specific. It is not a universal device classification, skate approval, or skate prohibition.
See the bounded motivating caseProtocol boundary
What this site does not claim.
The Portable Mobility Record does not exist as a general federal certification program. The protocol is not a permit, a diagnosis framework, a legal entitlement, a mandatory mitigation rule, or a substitute for individualized review.