DISCRIMINATION IS AGAINST THE LAW

Sports Medicine North complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate or exclude people on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, veteran or active military status, citizen or immigration status, or lawful source of income.

Sports Medicine North provides free and timely appropriate auxiliary aids and services when necessary to provide meaningful access for individuals with different abilities or for those whose first language is not English to have an equal opportunity to participate, including:

• Qualified sign language interpreters
• Qualified interpreters for non-English languages
• Information in alternate formats (eg, large print, accessible electronic formats)
• Information written in different languages

If you need these services, you may contact our VP of Operations at (978) 818-6350.

If you believe that our VP of Operations 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: JoAnna Nicholson by email at jnicholson@spireortho.com/or by mail at 5 High Ridge Park 2nd floor, Stamford, CT 06905. 

You may 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:
Centralized Case Management Operations
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Room 509F HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201

By phone:
1-800-368-1019
1-800-537-7697 (TDD)