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FCMT SOP & EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK <br /> national standards to protect individuals' personal health information. We are required to implement <br /> these standards. Our role as a health care provider is to protect the privacy of patients' health <br /> information. FIRST CHOICE Medical Transport is a HIPAA-compliant company and any further questions <br /> should be directed to your supervisor.A HIPAA training acknowledgment agreement according to UNC <br /> Health Care System Privacy and Information Security Policies will be signed by all employees and kept in <br /> their personnel file. Training website: http://www.unchealthcare.org/site/hippa internet <br /> Smoking and Use of Tobacco Products <br /> FIRST CHOICE Medical Transport prohibits smoking inside all of its vehicles and buildings. If you must <br /> smoke,we ask that you remain 15 feet away from buildings and vehicles. Remember ambulances carry <br /> oxygen and OXYGEN IS AN OXYDIZER WHICH AIDS IN COMBUSTION! Use of Tobacco Products,such as <br /> chew, snuff, etc. is not permitted in or around any of FIRST CHOICE Medical Transport's vehicles. <br /> Drug-Free Workplace <br /> FIRST CHOICE Medical Transport is committed to providing a drug-free, healthful, and safe workplace. <br /> To promote this goal, all employees are required to report to work fit to perform their jobs in a <br /> satisfactory manner. While on FIRST CHOICE Medical Transport premises and while conducting business- <br /> related activities, no employee may use, possess, distribute, sell, or be under the influence of alcohol or <br /> engage in the unlawful manufacture, sale, purchase, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of <br /> illegal drugs. <br /> Violations of this policy may lead to corrective action, up to and including immediate termination of <br /> employment. <br /> Equal Employment Opportunity <br /> First Choice Medical Transport is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Employment practices <br /> will not be influenced or affected by an applicant's or employee's sex, sexual orientation, race,color, <br /> religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, medical condition,veteran status, or any characteristic <br /> as protected by applicable law. First Choice Medical Transport expects the relationships of people with <br /> First Choice Medical Transport to be impartial and based on respect for the opinions and feelings of <br /> others. <br /> Prohibited Harassment <br /> First Choice Medical Transport is committed to providing all of its employees with a workplace free of <br /> harassment. <br /> First Choice Medical Transport maintains a strict policy prohibiting sexual harassment and harassment <br /> on the basis of sex(including same gender), sexual orientation, race, color, religion, marital status, <br /> national origin, ancestry, medical condition, age, physical/mental disability, denial of PDL(Pregnancy <br /> Disability Leave) or reasonable accommodation,veteran status, or any characteristic as protected by <br /> applicable law. <br /> This prohibition applies to all persons involved in the operation of First Choice Medical Transport, <br /> including employees,vendors, and clients of First Choice Medical Transport. No employee is expected to <br /> Page 2 of 15 <br />