UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

Discrimination is Against the Law

UBMD Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

UBMD Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

UBMD Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine

• 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 Melissa Tuck.

If you believe that UBMD Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine 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:

Melissa Tuck, 4225 Genesee St. Suite 400 Cheektowaga, NY 14225 1, 716-906-5905, 716-204-4061, mtuck@buffalo.edu.

You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax, or email. If you need help filing a grievance, Melissa Tuck is available to help you.

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

Under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), covered entities are required to post notices of nondiscrimination and taglines that alert individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) to the availability of language assistance services. The translated resources are available for use by covered entities and are available at:  http://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/section-1557/translated-resources/index.html

ATTENTION: If you speak [insert language], language assistance services, free of charge, are available to you. Call 716-204-3200.

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SPANISH

 ATENCIÓN: si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Llame al 716-204-3200

CHINESE

 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 716-204-3200

KOREAN

 주의: 한국어를 사용하시는 경우, 언어 지원 서비스를 무료로 이용하실 수 있습니다. 716-204-3200 번으로 전화해 주십시오.

RUSSIAN

ВНИМАНИЕ: Если вы говорите на русском языке, то вам доступны бесплатные услуги перевода. Звоните 716-204-3200

TAGALOG (FILIPINO)

 PAUNAWA: Kung nagsasalita ka ng Tagalog, maaari kang gumamit ng mga serbisyo ng tulong sa wika nang walang bayad. Tumawag sa 716-204-3200

ARABIC

قم م ) ملحوظة: إذا كنت تتحدث اذكر اللغة، فإن خدمات المساعدة اللغویة تتوافر لك بالمجان. اتصل برقم 716-204-3200

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FRENCH CREOLE

 ATANSYON: Si w pale Kreyòl Ayisyen, gen sèvis èd pou lang ki disponib gratis pou ou. Rele 716-204-3200

FRENCH

 ATTENTION : Si vous parlez français, des services d'aide linguistique vous sont proposés gratuitement. Appelez le 716-204-3200

POLISH

 UWAGA: Jeżeli mówisz po polsku, możesz skorzystać z bezpłatnej pomocy językowej. Zadzwoń pod numer 716-204-3200

ITALIAN

 ATTENZIONE: In caso la lingua parlata sia l'italiano, sono disponibili servizi di assistenza linguistica gratuiti. Chiamare il numero 716-204-3200

URDU

خبردار: اگر آپ اردو بولتے ہیں، تو آپ کو زبان کی مدد کی خدمات مفت میں دستیاب ہیں ۔ کال

716-204-3200 کر

BENGALI

 লয্ কর‍নঃ যিদ আপিন বাংলা, কথা বলেত পােরন, তাহেল িনঃখরচায় ভাষা সহায়তা পিরেষবা উপল আেছ। েফান কর‍ন ১716-204-3200।

YIDDISH

אויפמערקזאם: אויב איר רעדט אידיש, זענען פארהאן פאר אייך שפראך הילף סערוויסעס פריי פון אפצאל. רופט 716-204-3200

ALBANIAN

 KUJDES: Nëse flitni shqip, për ju ka në dispozicion shërbime të asistencës gjuhësore, pa pagesë. Telefononi në 716-204-3200

GREEK

 ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ: Αν μιλάτε ελληνικά, στη διάθεσή σας βρίσκονται υπηρεσίες γλωσσικής υποστήριξης, οι οποίες παρέχονται δωρεάν. Καλέστε 716-204-3200