DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A DERMATOLOGY PRACTICE with offices throughout the city, including in Brooklyn Heights, Midwood and East New York, reached a settlement with the federal court in Brooklyn resolving allegations that one of its doctors violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, announced a settlement with Advanced Dermatology, P.C., a New York- based practice with dermatology offices located throughout the metropolitan area and other states. This matter was initiated after the U.S. Department of Justice received a complaint from a man that the U.S. Attorney identified as John Doe, whose doctor at a Queens location had refused to perform a Mohs micrographic surgery, a treatment for basal cell carcinoma, on a scheduled date and time, because of the patient’s HIV status. John Doe was also instructed to reschedule his appointment for another day when no other patients were being treated. Title III of the ADA prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities, including HIV at medical facilities.
Advance Dermatology, which cooperated with the United States’ investigation and in resolving the matter, under the settlement terms will ensure that its policies and practices are brought into compliance with Title III of the ADA, adopt a non-discrimination policy, train its staff annually about HIV/AIDS and discrimination, and pay a civil penalty of $15,000 to the United States.
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