SECTION 504 Notice of Patient Accessibility

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The regulation implementing Section 504 requires that an agency/facility “…adopt and implement procedures to ensure that interested persons, including persons with impaired vision or hearing, can obtain information as to the existence and location of services, activities, and facilities that are accessible to and usable by disabled persons.” (45 C.F.R. §84.22(f))

Teton Valley Health Care and all of its medical programs and activities are accessible to and useable by disabled persons, including persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or blind, or who have other sensory impairments. Access features include:

  • Convenient off-street parking designated specifically for disabled persons.
  • Curb cuts and ramps between parking areas and buildings.
  • Level access into first floor level with chair access to clinic exam rooms.
  • Fully accessible offices, meeting rooms, bathrooms, public waiting areas, cafeteria, patient treatment areas, including examining rooms and patient rooms.
  • A full range of assistive and communication aids provided to persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or blind, or with other sensory impairments. There is no additional charge for such aids.

Some of these aids include:

  • Qualified sign language interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.
  • A twenty-four hour (24) telecommunication device (TTY/TDD) which can connect the caller to all extensions within the facility and/or portable (TTY/TDD) units, for use by persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired.  This is available via the Language Line Services at 1-866-874-3972
  • Readers for the blind and large print materials for the visually impaired.
  • Flash cards, alphabet boards and other communication boards.
  • Assistive devices for persons with impaired manual skills.

If you require any of the aids listed above, please let the receptionist or your nurse know.

Discrimination is Against the Law

Teton Valley Health Care, Inc. complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. Teton Valley Health Care, Inc. does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

Teton Valley Health Care, Inc. provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as: Qualified sign language interpreters; written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats); provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as: Qualified interpreters; Information written in other languages.

If you need these services, contact our Director of Compliance at 208-354-6302. If you believe Teton Valley Health Care, Inc. has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with:  Laura Piquet, Director of Compliance, 120 East Howard Avenue, Driggs Idaho 83422, 208-354-3158 or lpiquet@tvhcare.org. You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax, or email. If you need help filing a grievance, Laura Piquet, Director of Compliance is available to help you.

Appendix B to Part 92— ATENCIÓN: si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Llame al 1-208-354-6302.

注意：如果您使用繁體中文，您可以免費獲得語言援助服務。請致電 1-208.354.6302

You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf, or by mail or phone at: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Room 509F, HHH Building Washington, D.C. 20201 1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD) Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.

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