Notice of Non-Discrimination & Website Content Accessibility

Beaufort Memorial complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of whether payment for services would be made under Medicare, Medicaid, or Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); nor the individual's race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Beaufort Memorial does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. 

Beaufort Memorial: 

• Provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as: qualified sign language interpreters and written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats).
• Provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as: qualified interpreters and information written in other languages.

If you need these services, contact our Patient Advocate at 843-522-5172. (TTY: 9-711)

Beaufort Memorial is also committed to ensuring access for all people to our web content. We are continually improving the user experience on our website and applying the relevant accessibility standards as put forth in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

The WCAG defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA and Level AAA. The Beaufort Memorial bmhsc.org site is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard. We test the site on a weekly basis using third party testing software and efforts to improve accessibility are ongoing.

Please note that our website may link to, or interface with, third party websites that we do not control including, payment portals, health library resources and patient portals.

If you have concerns or have difficulties with our site, please contact our digital marketing manager for assistance at info@bmhsc.org or 843-522-5831. Please be sure to specify the URL of the web page in your comments. We welcome your feedback and appreciate your assistance in enhancing the accessibility of our website.

Spanish

ATENCIÓN: Si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. (TTY: 9-711).

Chinese

注意：如果您使用繁體中文，您可以免費獲得語言援助服務。請致電 (TTY：9-711）。

Vietnamese

CHÚ Ý: Nếu bạn nói Tiếng Việt, có các dịch vụ hỗ trợ ngôn ngữ miễn phí dành cho bạn. (TTY: 9-711).

Korean

주의: 한국어를 사용하시는 경우, 언어 지원 서비스를 무료로 이용하실 수 있습니다. (TTY: 9-711)번으로 전화해 주십시오.

French

ATTENTION: Si vous parlez français, des services d'aide linguistique vous sont proposés gratuitement. (ATS : 9-711).

Tagalog

PAUNAWA: Kung nagsasalita ka ng Tagalog, maaari kang gumamit ng mga serbisyo ng tulong sa wika nang walang bayad. (TTY: 9-711).

Russian

ВНИМАНИЕ:Если вы говорите на русском языке, то вам доступны бесплатные услуги перевода. (телетайп: 9-711).

German

ACHTUNG: Wenn Sie Deutsch sprechen, stehen Ihnen kostenlos sprachliche Hilfsdienstleistungen zur Verfügung. (TTY: 9-711).

Gujarati

સુચના: જો તમે ગુજરાતી બોલતા હો, તો નિ:શુલ્ક ભાષા સહાય સેવાઓ તમારા માટે ઉપલબ્ધ છે. (TTY: 9-711).

Arabic

ملحوظة: إذا كنت تتحدث اذكر اللغة، فإن خدمات المساعدة اللغوية تتوافر لك بالمجان. اتصل برقم 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx (رقم هاتف الصم والبكم: 9-711.

Portuguese

ATENÇÃO: Se fala português, encontram-se disponíveis serviços linguísticos, grátis (TTY: 9-711).

Japanese

注意事項：日本語を話される場合、無料の言語支援をご利用いただけます。(TTY: 9-711）まで、お電話にてご連絡ください

Ukrainian

УВАГА! Якщо ви розмовляєте українською мовою, ви можете звернутися до безкоштовної служби мовної підтримки. (телетайп: 9-711).

Hindi

ध्यान दें: यदि आप हिंदी बोलते हैं तो आपके लिए मुफ्त में भाषा सहायता सेवाएं उपलब्ध हैं। (TTY: 9-711) पर कॉल करें।

Mon-Khmer, Cambodian

ប្រយ័ត្ន៖ បើសិនជាអ្នកនិយាយ ភាសាខ្មែរ, សេវាជំនួយផ្នែកភាសា ដោយមិនគិតឈ្នួល គឺអាចមានសំរាប់បំរើអ្នក។ ចូរ ទូរស័ព្ទ (TTY: 9-711)។

If you believe that Beaufort Memorial has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with our patient advocate at: 955 Ribaut Road, Beaufort, SC 29902 (Attn: Patient Advocate); 843-522-5172; TTY: 9-711; or patient.advocate@bmhsc.org. You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax, or email. If you need help filing a grievance our patient advocate is available to help you.

You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, or by mail or phone at: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Room 509F, HHH Building Washington, D.C. 20201; 1-800-368-1019, 1-800-537-7697 (TDD) Complaint forms are available at https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/filing-a-complaint/complaint-process/index.html.