Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. Xxxxx shall publish on their intranet a policy statement regarding Xxxxx'x policy for effective communication with persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. This policy statement shall include, but is not limited to, language to the following effect: If you recognize or have any reason to believe that a Patient or a relative, close friend, or Companion of a Patient is deaf or hard-of- hearing, you must advise the person that appropriate auxiliary aids and services, such as sign language and oral interpreters, video remote interpreting services, TTYs, note takers, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening devices and systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, televisions with captioning or closed caption decoders, and open and closed captioning of most Xxxxx programs, will be provided free of charge when appropriate. If you are the responsible health care provider, you must take appropriate action to see that such aids and services are provided when appropriate. In all such cases you should contact the ADA Administrator for advice and guidance at _______ and reachable at _________ All other personnel should direct the deaf or hard-of-hearing person to the appropriate ADA Administrator at __________ and reachable at Xxxxx will post this policy on the intranet within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of this Agreement to all Hospital Personnel and both employed and affiliated physicians (physicians with practicing or admitting privileges), and to all new Hospital Personnel and newly employed or affiliated physicians upon their affiliation or employment with Xxxxx.
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Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. Xxxxx The Hospitals shall publish on their intranet a policy statement regarding Xxxxx'x the Hospitals’ policy for effective communication with persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. This policy statement shall include, but is not limited to, language to the following effect: If you recognize or have any reason to believe that a Patient or a relative, close friend, or Companion of a Patient is deaf or hard-of- of-hearing, you must advise the person that appropriate auxiliary aids and services, such as sign language and oral interpreters, video remote interpreting services, TTYs, note takers, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening devices and systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, televisions with captioning or closed caption decoders, and open and closed captioning of most Xxxxx hospital programs, will be provided free of charge when appropriate. If you are the responsible health care provider, you must take appropriate action to see ensure that such aids and services are provided when appropriate. In all such cases you All other personnel should contact direct that person to the appropriate ADA Administrator for advice and guidance at _____________ and reachable at _________ All other personnel should direct the deaf or hard-of-hearing person to the appropriate ADA Administrator at __________ and reachable at Xxxxx . The Hospitals will post this policy on the intranet within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of this Agreement to all Hospital Personnel and both employed and affiliated physicians (physicians with practicing or admitting privileges), and to all new Hospital Personnel and newly employed or affiliated physicians upon their affiliation or employment with Xxxxxthe Hospitals.
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Samples: Settlement Agreement
Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. Xxxxx The Hospital shall publish on their intranet publish, in an appropriate form, a written policy statement regarding Xxxxx'x the Hospital’s policy for effective communication with Patients or Companions for use by persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearingworking at the Hospital. This policy statement shall include, but is not limited to, language to the following effect: If you recognize or have any reason to believe that a Patient or a patient, relative, close friend, friend or Companion companion of a Patient patient is deaf or hard-of- of-hearing, you must advise the person that appropriate auxiliary aids and services, such as sign language and oral interpreters, video remote interpreting services, TTYsTTY’s, note takerstakes, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening devices and systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, televisions and a television with captioning or closed caption decoders, and open and closed captioning of most Xxxxx programs, will be provided free of charge when appropriateif such aids or services are necessary to ensure effective communication. If you are the responsible health care provider, you must take appropriate action to see ensure that such aids and services are provided when appropriate. In all such cases you All other personnel should contact direct that person to the ADA appropriate Program Administrator for advice and guidance at ____________ and reachable at _________ All other personnel should direct the deaf or hard-of-hearing person to the appropriate ADA Administrator at __________ . This offer and reachable at Xxxxx advice must likewise be made in response to any overt request for appropriate auxiliary aids or services. The Hospital will post distribute this policy on the intranet document within thirty sixty (3060) days of the Effective Date of this Settlement Agreement to all Hospital Personnel and both employed and affiliated physicians (physicians with practicing or admitting privileges), and to all new Hospital Personnel and (including newly employed or affiliated physicians physicians) upon their affiliation or employment with Xxxxx.the Hospital. In addition, this statement will also be distributed to all Hospital Personnel (including all employed and affiliated physicians) on an annual basis. TRAINING
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Samples: Settlement Agreement
Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. Xxxxx shall publish on their intranet The Hospital will publish, in an appropriate form, a written policy statement regarding Xxxxx'x the Hospital’s policy for effective communication with persons who are deaf or hard-of-hard of hearing. This The policy statement shall should include, but is not limited to, language to the following effect: If you recognize or have any reason to believe that a Patient patient, relative, or a relative, close friend, friend or Companion companion of a Patient patient is deaf or hard-of- hard of hearing, you must advise the person that appropriate auxiliary aids and services, services such as sign language and oral interpreters, video remote interpreting services, TTYsTTY’s, note takers, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening devices and systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, televisions with captioning or closed caption decoders, and open and closed captioning of most Xxxxx programs, Hospital programs will be provided free of charge when appropriatecharge. If you are the responsible health care provider, you must take appropriate action to see ensure that such aids and services are provided when appropriate. In all such cases you All other personnel should contact direct that person to the ADA Administrator for advice and guidance [responsible] Administrator, located at _______ , and reachable available at telephone extension _________ All other personnel should direct the deaf . This offer and advice must likewise be made in response to any overt request for appropriate auxiliary aids or hard-of-hearing person to the appropriate ADA Administrator at __________ and reachable at Xxxxx services. The Hospital will post distribute this policy on the intranet document within thirty sixty (3060) days of the Effective Date effective date of this Agreement to all Hospital Personnel and both employed and affiliated physicians (physicians with practicing or admitting privileges), and to all new Hospital Personnel and newly employed or affiliated physicians upon their affiliation or employment with Xxxxxthe Hospital, and to all Hospital Personnel on an annual basis.
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Samples: Settlement Agreement
Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. Xxxxx The Hospital shall publish on their intranet its intranet, in an appropriate form, a policy statement regarding Xxxxx'x the Hospital’s policy for effective communication with persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearinghearing for use by persons working at the Hospital. This policy statement shall include, but is not limited to, language to the following effect: If you recognize or have any reason to believe that a Patient or a relative, close friend, or Companion of a Patient is deaf or hard-of- of-hearing, you must advise the person that appropriate auxiliary aids and services, such as sign language and oral interpreters, video remote interpreting services, TTYs, note takers, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening devices and systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, televisions with captioning or closed caption decoders, and open and closed captioning of most Xxxxx hospital programs, will be provided free of charge when appropriate. If you are the responsible health care provider, you must take appropriate action to see ensure that such aids and services are provided when appropriate. In all such cases you All other personnel should contact direct that person to the appropriate ADA Administrator for advice and guidance at _____________ and reachable at _________ All other personnel should direct the deaf or hard-of-hearing person to the appropriate ADA Administrator at __________ and reachable at Xxxxx . The Hospital will post deploy this policy on the intranet within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of this Agreement to all Hospital Personnel and both employed and affiliated physicians (physicians with practicing or admitting privileges), and to all new Hospital Personnel and newly employed or affiliated physicians upon their affiliation or employment with Xxxxxthe Hospital.
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Samples: Settlement Agreement