How Audiologists and SLPs Can Navigate New Civil Rights Regulations
November 11, 2024
Earlier this year, the U.S. Office for Civil Rights (OCR) updated key health care-related civil rights regulations. OCR reformed Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act to expand nondiscrimination protections for multiple groups—including people who use languages other than English, the LGBTQ+ community, and individuals with disabilities.
On October 29, ASHA Advocacy and a representative from OCR co-hosted a webinar to explain these regulations and how they impact audiology and speech-language pathology practice.
The webinar tackles three objectives:
- Who the new regulations apply to
- What the key provisions of the regulations are and how they relate to audiologists and SLPs
- How audiologists and SLPs can integrate these regulations into their daily work.
Check out the recording of the webinar here: “Navigating New Civil Rights Regulations in Health Care: What Audiologists and SLPs Need to Know.”
