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."

Resources

• Information on the Section 1557 Final Rule
• Information on the Section 504 Final Rule