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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Centers and American Vision Partners
Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: January 17, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Secondary Offense: Americans with Disabilities Act
Violation Description: Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Centers and American Vision Partners agreed to resolve a lawsuit alleging that the eye care practices violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to operate on certain patients who needed assistance transferring from their wheelchairs for surgery and required other such patients to pay for third-party medical transport and transfer assistance. Medical providers routinely offer this type of assistance to patients who need help transferring from a wheelchair to an examination or surgical table for surgery and exams.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Rights Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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