When flight paramedic Clint Moore informed his employer, Air Evac Lifeteam, that he was HIV positive, he was allegedly removed from helicopter missions and forced to take a lower-paying position at the company’s dispatch center, according to details from a federal discrimination lawsuit filed against Air Evac by Lambda Legal.

Lambda Legal claims that the Missouri-based company violated the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Missouri Human Rights Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

“Mr. Moore’s HIV-positive status did not interfere with his ability to perform his job duties, and Air Evac Lifeteam over-reacted and unlawfully pulled Clint from the job he loved,” said Kyle Palazzolo, Lambda Legal’s HIV Project staff attorney, in a press release. “This conduct is especially troubling from an employer in the health care field, who should already be aware that Mr. Moore’s HIV-positive status did not present a risk to either his patients or his coworkers. AEL and other employers in the health care industry need to get up to speed and stop discriminating against people living with HIV based on outdated science and misconceptions.”

Moore was hired as a flight paramedic in 2008, according to the press release. He tested HIV positive in 2013 and notified his employer. Moore said the company told him that to keep his position he would have to petition the medical boards in the five states in which the company provides flight service. He refused, but because he needed to keep his health care insurance he was forced to take a job at the dispatch center.