The Alabama Community College System endorses the Americans' with Disabilities Act. In accordance with College policy, when requested, reasonable accommodations may be provided for individuals with disabilities.
Physical, cognitive, psychomotor, affective and social abilities are required in unique combinations to provide safe and effective respiratory therapist care. The applicant/student must be able to meet the essential functions with or without reasonable accommodations throughout the program of learning. Admission, progression and graduation are contingent upon one's ability to demonstrate the essential functions delineated for the emergency medical services program with or without reasonable accommodations. The emergency medical services program and/or its affiliated clinical agencies may identify additional essential functions. The emergency medical services program reserves the right to amend the essential functions as deem ed necessary.
In order to be admitted and to progress in the emergency medical services program one must possess a functional level of ability to perform the duties required of an EMT. Admission or progression may be denied if a student is unable to demonstrate the essential functions with or without reasonable accommodations.
The essential functions delineated are tho se deemed necessary for the emergency medical services program. No representation regarding industrial standards is implied. Similarly, any reasonable accommodations provided will be determined and applied to the respective emergency medical services program and may vary from reasonable accommodations made by healthcare employers.
The essential functions delineated below are necessary for emergency medical services program admission, progression and graduation and for the provision of safe and effective emergency medical services care. The essential functions include but are not limited to the ability to: