The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, age, color, creed, national origin, or disability, and discrimination against disabled and Vietnam era veterans, in the recruitment, admission or treatment of students, the recruitment, hiring or treatment of faculty and staff, and in the operation of its activities and programs.

This is specified by State and Federal Laws, including the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1964, Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments to the Higher Education Act, Executive Order 11246, as amended, Sections 503/504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991.

For additional information please refer to the policies in the Handbook of Operating Procedures (HOOP).

• 2.04 Sexual Harassment 
• 2.18 Equal Employment Opportunity 
  • 2.18C Disability