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Fact Sheets - Laws under which OCR eliminates unlawful discrimination, including alternate formats.

Health Information Privacy

Protecting Your Civil Rights in Health Care and Social Services and Your Health Information Privacy Rights (PDF) (139KB)
How to File a Health Information Privacy Complaint
with the Office for Civil Rights [PDF - 72KB] [En Español]
Fact Sheet: Protecting the Privacy of Patients' Health Information
Fact Sheet: Privacy and Your Health Information (PDF) (647KB)
Fact Sheet: Your Health Information Privacy Rights (PDF) (1.41MB)

Civil Rights

Protecting Your Civil Rights in Health Care and Social Services and Your Health Information Privacy Rights
How to File a Discrimination Complaint with the Office for Civil Rights [PDF - 80KB] [PDF En Español - 81KB]
Know Your Civil Rights [PDF - 76KB]
Your Rights under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [PDF - 79KB]
Your Rights under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act [PDF - 128KB]
Your Rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act [PDF - 55KB]
Your Rights under Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act [PDF - 58KB]
Your Rights under the Community Service Assurance of the Hill-Burton Act [PDF - 56KB]
Your Rights under the Age Discrimination Act [PDF - 86KB]
Your Rights as a Person with HIV Infection or AIDS [PDF - 72KB]
LEP Beneficiary Brochure (PDF) (2.68MB)

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Definitions of commonly used terms and references

Order a free CR ROM that contains a complete collection of the Department of Justice's Americans with Disabilities Act materials

Regulations - Covering nondiscrimination on the basis of disability; on the basis of race, color, or national origin; on the basis of age

45 CFR Part 80 - Nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin [as amended at 70 FR 24322, May 9, 2005]
45 CFR Part 84 - Nondiscrimination on the basis of Disability [as amended at 70 FR 24319, May 9, 2005]
45 CFR Part 85 - Federally Conducted Activities.
45 CFR Part 86 - Nondiscrimination on the basis of sex [as amended at 70 FR 24320, May 9, 2005]
45 CFR Part 90 - Nondiscrimination on the basis of age [amended at 70 FR 24321, May 9, 2005]
45 CFR Part 91 - Nondiscrimination on the basis of age in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance from HHS [as amended at 70 FR 24318, May 9, 2005]
42 CFR - Hill-Burton Regulations - Subpart G - Community Service

Guidance Memoranda

Policy guidance on the Use of Race, Color or National Origin as Considerations in Adoption and Foster Care Placements was published in the Federal Register Vol. 60, No. 79 Tuesday, April 25, 1995
Guidance to Staff (January 29, 1998): Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination - Persons with Limited-English Proficiency
Research Report - Access through Medical Interpreter and Language Services. For a complete copy of the report contact the New York Task Force on Immigrant Health

Case Summaries

40th Anniversary Commemoration of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - July 2004

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Last revised: May 29, 2008

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