NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT

DISCRIMINATION IS AGAINST THE LAW

The Beaver Island Rural Health Center (BIRHC) complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. The Beaver Island Rural Health Center does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

The BIRHC provides:
• Free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as qualified sign language interpreters and written information in other formats (large print, audio, other formats).
• Free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as qualified interpreters.

If you need these services contact the center’s Managing Director.

Ann Partridge
Managing Director
Beaver Island Rural Health Center
37304 Kings Highway
Beaver Island , MI 49782
Phone: 231-448-2275
Email: ann@biruralhealth.org

Where to file a Civil Rights discrimination complaint:

If you believe that the Beaver Island Rural Health Center 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 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 Ave., SW
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
800.368.1019, TTY 800.537.7697

Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html