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Procedure For Requesting An Accommodation

The Community College of Rhode Island is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to its employees, if necessary, in order to perform the essential functions of their positions. Here are the procedures for requesting a reasonable accommodation:

1. The employee notifies either the Office of Human Resources or the Affirmative
   
   Action/504/ADA Compliance Officer of his or her disability.
   
   
2. After notification, the Office of Human Resources will provide the employee with a
   
   copy of his/her job description, the Disability Verification Form-Health Provider
   
   Statement (to be completed by the health care provider in order to declare a
   
   disability) and the Reasonable Accommodation Request Form to be completed by
   
   the employee.
   
   
3. The completed Reasonable Accommodation Request Form, Disability
   
   Verification Form/Health Provider Statement, job description and essential
   
   functions are reviewed by the Affirmative Action/504/ADA Compliance Officer. The
   
   Affirmative Action Officer/504/ADA Compliance Officer will meet with the
   
   appropriate campus officials, if necessary, to discuss the accommodation request.
   
   
4. Once a decision is reached regarding the accommodations request, a letter of
   
   notification is sent from the Affirmative Action/504/ADA Compliance Officer to the
   
   employee to be signed by the employee and returned to the Office of Human
   
   Resources for official record.
   
   
5. In compliance with applicable laws and regulations, all documents pertaining to a
   
   disability request are placed in a confidential file and may be opened only by the
   
   employee or an appropriate Human Resources representative on an “as needed”
   
   basis.

 

Appeal Procedure
Should the employee requesting an accommodation disagree with the decision reached by the Affirmative Action/504/ADA Compliance Officer, an appeal may be filed by the employee with the Director of Human Resources who will forward the request to the appropriate divisional Vice President for review.

 

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