Discrimination Notice

Advanced Surgical Care of Maryland complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate against nor does it exclude people or treat them differently on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation or health status.

Advanced Surgical Care of Maryland provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as qualified sign language interpreters and information written in other languages. Advanced Surgical Care of Maryland provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as qualified language translation services. If you need any of these services please contact the Administrator.

If you believe that Advanced Surgical Care of Maryland has failed to provide the free communication aids and services or discriminated on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, age, or disability, you can file a discrimination complaint also known as a Section 1557 Grievance. To report a complaint or grievance you may contact the facility Administrator by phone at 301-683-8172 or by mail to the center address.

Complaints and grievances may also be filed at:
Office for Civil Rights Headquarters
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.