Nondiscrimination

Section 1557 of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act

Discrimination is Against the Law

UCR Health complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. UCR Health does not exclude people or treat them less favorably because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

UCR Health:

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 the UCR Health 1557 Coordinator.

If you believe that UCR Health 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 the UCR Health 1557 Coordinator by mail at: 3390 University Ave Suite 100, Riverside, CA 92501, ATTN: 1557 Coordinator; by email at 1557Coordinator@medsch.ucr.edu; or by phone at (888) 202-9558. If you need help filing a grievance, the UCR Health 1557 Coordinator is available to help you. You also may contact the campus UCR Office of Civil Rights at https://compliance.ucr.edu/office-civil-rights.

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 UCR Health’s website at:

https://www.ucrhealth.org/nondiscrimination/ (English)
https://www.ucrhealth.org/es/la-discriminacion-es-ilegal/ (Spanish)

Additional UCR campus information:

For more information on the University’s commitment to integrity, accountability, and respect for all members of our community, please see the University’s Statement of Ethical Values and Standards of Ethical Conduct.