Policies - 4.0
4.0 Students with Disabilities
Purpose
To ensure the non-discrimination in the selection and/or education of students related to disabilities.
Policy Statement
The Students with Disabilities policy is published in the Health Professions Student Catalog.
Definition
Individual with a disability – a person who has:
- A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
- A record of such an impairment
- Is regarded as having such impairment
NOTE: A student who is currently engaging in the illegal use of drugs is not an "individual with a disability."
Qualified individual with a disability – refers to an individual with a disability who:
- Satisfies the requisite skill, experience, education, and other job-related requirements of the job in question; and
- With or without some form of reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the position
The qualification standard includes that an individual not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of himself/herself or others.
Essential job functions – refer to the critical or fundamental job duties of the position the individual holds or desires. They do not refer to the noncritical or marginal job functions.
Reasonable accommodation – a modification to an employment practice or the work environment that enables a person with a disability to enjoy equal employment opportunity. A reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental impairments of an otherwise qualified individual will be made unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of this institution.
Undue hardship – is defined as any action that:
- Is unduly costly
- Extensive
- Substantial
- Disruptive
- Would fundamentally alter the nature or operation of the business