University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
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When a student initially requests accommodations for a program of study he or she is required to provide current (within one year) documentation at the beginning of the academic training in support of the request, or if the condition or diagnosis changes and therefore the accommodations need to be modified. Documentation does not need to be submitted every year.
The documentation must include:
The documentation must come from appropriate licensed healthcare professionals. For example, learning impairments require documentation from educational diagnosticians and psychologists. Psychological diagnoses and recommendations should be from psychologists and/or psychiatrists. Similarly, physical impairments should be documented by health care providers in the appropriate specialty area(s).
The student's current documentation should then be reviewed by a committee of faculty experts. In the School of Medicine this is the Committee on Students with Disabilities. After reviewing the documentation the committee determines if the:
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Prepared by Cheri Koinis, MA, MEd and Theresite McCarty, MD - 8/12/2005
Rev. 10/3/2005
