Findings—2006 c 165: "The legislature finds that: (1) Patients are not at optimum levels of safety while being lifted, transferred, or repositioned manually. I currently work for a home health agency where the client needs a Hoyer lift to get from her bed to a wheel chair and so on.The ADA requires employers to keep confidential any medical information they learn about any applicant or employee. This final rule revises the regulation of the Department of Justice (Department) that implements title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A Hoyer lift can safely lift a maximum of 400 to 700 pounds and aid the transfer of residents on the lift's set of four wheels. You may have a legal right to refuse to work in a situation in which you would be exposed to the hazard. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces the employment provisions of the ADA.