Healthcare Provider Information Request for a Qualified Indvidual with a Disability
This form is to be completed by the employee's healthcare provider when requesting an accommodation for
disability under the American's with Disabilities Act.
Employee First Name: Employee Last Name Employee NSU ID:
Instructions to the Health Care Provider
A request for a reasonable accommodation has been made by the employee identified above.
In order to assist with the interactive process, we are requesting that you provide answers to the following questions
based on your medical expertise. The medical documentation you provide should identify the disability, the major life
activity that is affected and how it impacts your patient at work so that solutions can be explored.
With this in mind, please review the enclosed job description and identify the specific duties impacted by your
patient’s medical condition and describe how the medical conditions causes work-related problems.
Does the employee have a physical or mental impairment?
Yes No
If yes, what is the impairment or nature of the impairment?
Does the employee's impairment substantially limit a major life activity or major bodily functions as compared to
most people in the general population?
Yes No
If major life activity or activities are affected please select the activities from the menu below.
Bending Breathing Self Care
Concentrating Eating Learning
Hearing Interpersonal Interaction Lifting
Manual Dexterity Reaching Vision
Sitting Walking Sleeping
Speaking Standing Thinking
Working (job description)
Other
If major bodily functions are affected please select the functions from the menu below.
Bladder Digestive Lymphatic
Reproductive Bowel Endocrine
Genitourinary Hemic Immune
Musculoskeletal Neurological Normal Cell Growth
Operation of an Organ Respiratory Special Sense Organs/Skin
Other
Please review your patient's job description with them to determine how, if at all, their impairment or limitation
interferes with their ability to perform the functions listed on their job description.
If your patient is unable to perform functions listed on their job description please list them below and describe
specifically how the limitations interfere with the ability to perform the functions.
Provide any suggestions you have for your patient that may assist our office in providing possible
accommodations to improve your patient's ability to perform the duties on their job description.
Please be as specific as possible with your suggestions and how the suggestions will improve
performance or ability for your patient to perform their job duties.
Please provide any additional information or list any questions or comments for the manager/supervisor or the
Office of Human Resources:
Medical Professional Name: Date
Type of Practice/Medical Specialty:
Business Address:
Business Phone Business Fax
Medical Professional Signature:___________________________________________________________________
Please upload this form when requesting an accommodation for disability using the Employee Request for
Reasonable Accommodation Online Form.
If you have already submitted the online form, please email this form to loa@nova.edu or fax it to
954-262-6859.
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) prohibits employers and other entities covered by GINA Title II from
requesting or requiring genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, except as specifically allowed by this law. To
comply with this law, we are asking that you not provide any genetic information when responding to this request for medical information.
“Genetic information,” as defined by GINA, includes an individual's family medical history, the results of an individual's or family member's
genetic tests, the fact that an individual or an individual's family member sought or received genetic services, and genetic information of a
fetus carried by an individual or an individual's family member or an embryo lawfully held by an individual or family member receiving
assistive reproductive services.