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Nondiscrimination Notice

Nondiscrimination Notice

GNS Surgery Center complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. GNS Surgery Center does not exclude people or treat them differently because of age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.

GNS Surgery Center:

  • Provides free auxiliary aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as:
  • qualified sign language interpreters, video remote interpreting or other aids
    for hearing impaired individuals.
  • written information in multiple formats including large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, or other formats for visually impaired individuals.
  • Provides reasonable accommodations to people with known disabilities to enable them to utilize our facilities and services.
  • Provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as:
    • qualified interpreters or a language line
    • information written in other languages.

If you need these services, contact GNS Surgery Center’s ADA Coordinator in advance of your visit at (706) 543-9222.

If you believe that GNS Surgery Center 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:

ADA Coordinator

GNS Surgery Center

1061 Dowdy Rd Ste 103

Athens, GA 30606

(706) 543-9222  (706) 543-9230  [email protected] 

You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax or email.  If you need help filing a grievance, GNS Surgery Center’s ADA Coordinator 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

English

ATTENTION:  If you speak another language, language assistance services, free of charge, are available to you.  Call(706) 543-9222 (TTY:     ).

Spanish

ATENCIÓN:  si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística.  Llame al (706) 543-9222 (TTY:     ).

Vietnamese

CHÚ Ý: Nếu bạn nói Tiếng Việt, có các dịch vụ hỗ trợ ngôn ngữ miễn phí dành cho bạn. Gọi số (706) 543-9222 (TTY:      ).

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 (706) 543-9222（TTY：     ）。

Korean

주의: 한국어를 사용하시는 경우, 언어 지원 서비스를 무료로 이용하실 수 있습니다. (706) 543-9222 (TTY:     )번으로 전화해 주십시오.

Russian

ВНИМАНИЕ: Если вы говорите на русском языке, то вам доступны бесплатные услуги перевода. Звоните (706) 543-9222 (телетайп:      ).

Amharic

ማስታወሻ: የሚናገሩት ቋንቋ ኣማርኛ ከሆነ የትርጉም እርዳታ ድርጅቶች፣ በነጻ ሊያግዝዎት ተዘጋጀተዋል፡ ወደ ሚከተለው ቁጥር ይደውሉ (706) 543-9222 (መስማት ለተሳናቸው:      ).

Arabic

ملحوظة:  إذا كنت تتحدث اذكر اللغة، فإن خدمات المساعدة اللغوية تتوافر لك بالمجان.  اتصل برقم       (رقم هاتف الصم والبكم:(706) 543-9222).

German

ACHTUNG: Wenn Sie Deutsch sprechen, stehen Ihnen kostenlos sprachliche Hilfsdienstleistungen zur Verfügung. Rufnummer: (706) 543-9222(706) 543-9222 (TTY:      ).

French

ATTENTION : Si vous parlez français, des services d’aide linguistique vous sont proposés gratuitement. Appelez le       (ATS :      ).

Nepali

ध्यान दिनुहोस्: तपार्इंले नेपाली बोल्नुहुन्छ भने तपार्इंको निम्ति भाषा सहायता सेवाहरू निःशुल्क रूपमा उपलब्ध छ । फोन गर्नुहोस् (706) 543-9222 (टिटिवाइ:      ) ।

Tagalog

PAUNAWA: Kung nagsasalita ka ng Tagalog, maaari kang gumamit ng mga serbisyo ng tulong sa wika nang walang bayad. Tumawag sa (706) 543-9222 (TTY:      ).

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。(706) 543-9222（TTY:     ）まで、お電話にてご連絡ください。

Cushite

XIYYEEFFANNAA: Afaan dubbattu Oroomiffa, tajaajila gargaarsa afaanii, kanfaltiidhaan ala, ni argama. Bilbilaa (706) 543-9222 (TTY:      ).

Farsi

توجه: اگر به زبان فارسی صحبت می کنید، خدمات زبانی رایگان به شما ارایه میگردد، با شماره

(706) 543-9222تماس بگیرید.

Kru

Dè ɖɛ nìà kɛ dyéɖé gbo: Ɔ jǔ ké m̀ [Ɓàsɔ́ɔ̀-wùɖù-po-nyɔ̀] jǔ ní, nìí, à wuɖu kà kò ɖò po-poɔ̀ ɓɛ́ìn m̀ gbo kpáa. Ɖá (706) 543-9222 (TTY:     )

Ibo

Ntị: Ọ bụrụ na asụ Ibo, asụsụ aka ọasụ n’efu, defu, aka. Call (706) 543-9222 (TTY:      ).

Yoruba

AKIYESI: Bi o ba nsọ èdè Yorùbú ọfé ni iranlọwọ lori èdè wa fun yin o. Ẹ pe ẹrọ-ibanisọrọ yi (706) 543-9222 (TTY:      ).

NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE

Address

1061 Dowdy Road Suite 103
Athens, Georgia 30606

Phone

706-543-9222

Hours

Monday- Thursday
8:00am-4:30pm
Friday
8:00am-12:30pm

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