Schedules Effective
June 22, 2008
Through Augsut 30, 2008
Dear Health Care Professional:
Federal Law requires that the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFT Metro) provide Paratransit services to persons who cannot use fixed-route transit service. The information you provide in the attached Professional Verification will allow NFT Metro to make an appropriate evaluation of the applicant and determine how we may best meet their needs. Please provide complete and specific information to describe how the applicant’s functional abilities prevent them from using NFT Metro and how the diagnosis impacts that ability, inability. In the event you must disclose protected health information about the applicant, we have provided the applicant with an Authorization to Disclose Protected Health Information and asked them to provide an executed copy to your office with this application.
In accordance with the “Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990” ADA and its regulations, Section 37.123(e), there are three specific circumstances under which a person would be considered ADA eligible for Paratransit service:
1. Any individual with a disability who is unable, as the result of a physical or mental impairment (including a vision impairment), and without the assistance of another individual (except the operator of a wheelchair lift or other boarding assistance device), to board, ride, or disembark from any vehicle on the system which is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.
2. Any individual with a disability who needs the assistance of a wheelchair lift or other boarding assistance device and is able, with such assistance to board, ride and disembark from any vehicle which is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities if the individual wants to travel on a route on the system during the hours of operation of the system at a time, or within a reasonable period of such time, when such a vehicle is not being used to provide designated public transportation on the route.
3. Any individual with a disability who has a specific impairment-related condition which prevents such individual from traveling to a boarding location or from a disembarking location on such system.
PLEASE NOTE: This does not include persons who find it uncomfortable or difficult to get to and from bus stops.
Resources for this service are limited, and your evaluation of each person must be based solely upon the individual’s ability to use regular transit service. Your verification should consider only the presence of a disabling condition, not the applicant’s age or economic status. Please exercise care in evaluating applicants for this service. False verification could result in travel limitation for persons legitimately qualified to use Paratransit. If you have any questions about the application or the review process, please contact Paratransit at 855-7268.
Thank you,
Operations Manager, Special Services
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
181 Ellicott Street Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 855-7300 
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