VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC. & OUTPATIENT IMAGING AFFILIATES, LLC. DJ# 202-62-458

EXHIBIT 1 JEFFERSON OUTPATIENT IMAGING ADA POLICY AND PROCEDURE

In accordance with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Jefferson Outpatient Imaging and Radiology (“Jefferson Outpatient”) does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the provision of its medical services.  To ensure that individuals with a disability are provided equivalent service, whether by appointment or on a walk-in basis, Jefferson Outpatient will make reasonable modifications to its policies, practices, or procedures when necessary to provide its medical services to individuals with disabilities, unless such modifications would fundamentally alter the nature of its medical services. 

When a patient with a mobility impairment or other disability seeks assistance with transferring to imaging equipment or examination tables, Jefferson Outpatient will safely assist the patient to transfer.  Jefferson Outpatient staff will first ask the patient exactly what type of assistance he or she needs, and how he or she prefers to be assisted in order to provide a safe and effective transfer.

Jefferson Outpatient staff have been and will continue to be trained in proper transfer techniques, and will use staff, adjustable equipment (where available), or patient lifts, when appropriate, to assist an individual with a mobility impairment or other disability to transfer to imaging equipment or examination tables.