In keeping with its missions and goals, and in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Medical Center Campus promotes an environment of respect and support for persons with disabilities and will make reasonable accommodations. The definition of individuals with disabilities are those who currently have, have a record of having, or are regarded as having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. Major life activities include caring for one self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, breathing and working.

Individuals applying for admissions, progression to clinical courses, and graduation from a program in Nursing and Allied Health Technologies must be able to meet the physical and emotional requirements of the academic program. In addition, students admitted to the programs in Nursing and Allied Health Technologies must possess the following qualities.

• The emotional maturity and stability to approach highly stressful human situations in a calm and rational manner
• The ability to make clinical judgment using critical thinking
• The ability to adhere to ethical standards of conduct as well as applicable state and federal laws
• The ability to provide effective written, oral, nonverbal communication with patients and their families, colleagues, health care providers, and the public

An individual who poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others or themselves may be denied admissions, progression or graduation. The College’s determination that a person poses a direct threat will be based on an individual assessment that relies on current medical evidence or on the best available evidence to access the nature, duration, and severity of the risk and the probability that the potential injury will actually occur.

Also individuals in the Histologic Technology Program must be able to follow these guidelines:

Strength:
The histologic technology student must be able to safely lift a 30 to 35 pound weight. This lifting must be done with or without reasonable accommodations.

Vision:
The student must be able to read charts and graphs, read instrument scales, discriminate colors, read microscopic materials, and record results.

Speech and Hearing:
The student must be able to communicate effectively and sensitively in order to elicit Information. The student must also be able to assess non-verbal communication and be able to adequately transmit information to all members of the health care team.

Fine Motor Functions and Manual dexterity:
Due to the complexity of the work done in histology, students must have excellent manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination. These skills are necessary to carry out the following:

• Diagnostic procedures such as tissue grossing and identification.
• Manipulation of tools and chemicals: such as working with forceps and small brushes and removing chemicals from specified equipment.
• Working with high precision instruments: such as Microtomes, Embedding Centers, and Microscopes.
• Identifying tissue structures through specialized staining procedures.
• Determining whether a staining procedure is done correctly with or without the aid of a microscope.