NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Revised Effective 1/1/25

Discrimination is Against the Law

Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex (consistent with the scope of sex discrimination described at 45 CFR § 92.101(a)(2)). Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic does not exclude people or treat them less favorably because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

            Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic:

  • Provides people with disabilities reasonable modifications and free appropriate auxiliary aids and services 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 assistance services to people whose primary language is not English, which may include:
    • Qualified interpreters
    • Information written in other languages.

            If you need reasonable modifications, appropriate auxiliary aids and services, or language assistance services, contact Amy Hardy, Compliance Manager.

If you believe that Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic 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: Amy Hardy, Compliance Manager, 256 Fort Sanders West Blvd., Ste. 200, Knoxville, TN 37922, phone: 865-769-4545, fax: 865-769-4501, email: [email protected]. You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax, or email. If you need help filing a grievance, Amy Hardy, Compliance Manager, 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.

This notice is available at Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic’s website: www.kocortho.com.

English Translation

Provides notice for the availability of free language assistance services.

Spanish
ATENCIÓN: si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística.

Arabic
ملحوظة: إذا كنت تتحدث اذكر اللغة، فإن خدمات المساعدة اللغویة تتوافر لك بالمجان. اتصل برقم والبكم الصم ھا

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

Vietnamese
CHÚ Ý: Nếu bạn nói Tiếng Việt, có các dịch vụ hỗ trợ ngôn ngữ miễn phí dành cho bạn.

Korean
주의: 한국어를 사용하시는 경우, 언어 지원 서비스를 무료로 이용하실 수 있습니다. 번으로 전화해 주십시오.

French
ATTENTION : Si vous parlez français, des services d'aide linguistique vous sont proposés gratuitement.

Laotian
ໂປດຊາບ: ຖ້າວ່າ ທ່ານເວົ້າພາສາ ລາວ, ການບໍລິການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອດ້ານພາສາ, ໂດຍບໍ່ເສັຽຄ່າ, ແມ່ນມີພ້ອມໃຫ້ທ່ານ.

Amharic
ማስታወሻ: የሚናገሩት ቋንቋ ኣማርኛ ከሆነ የትርጉም እርዳታ ድርጅቶች፣ በነጻ ሊያግዝዎት ተዘጋጀተዋል፡ ወደ ሚከተለው ቁጥር ይደውሉ

German
ACHTUNG: Wenn Sie Deutsch sprechen, stehen Ihnen kostenlos sprachliche Hilfsdienstleistungen zur Verfügung.

Gujarati
ચુ ના: જો તમેજરાતી બોલતા હો, તો િન:લ્કુ ભાષા સહાય સેવાઓ તમારા માટઉપલબ્ધ છ.

Japanese
注意事項：日本語を話される場合、無料の言語支援をご利用いただけます。まで、お電話にてご連絡ください。

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

Hindi
ध्यान द: यद आप हदी बोलते ह  तो आपके िलए मुफ्त म भाषा सहायता सेवाएं उपलब्ध ह।  पर कॉल कर

Russian
ВНИМАНИЕ: Если вы говорите на русском языке, то вам доступны бесплатные услуги перевода.

Persian (Farsi)
توجھ: اگر بھ زبان فارسی گفتگو می کنید، تسھیلات زبانی بصورت رایگان برای شما .بگیرید تماس  با .باشد می فراھم