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Consequences of Failure to Meet Academic Professional and Behavioral Requirements and Standards

This section describes the consequences for medical students who fail to meet the academic, professional and behavioral requirements and standards and are subject to a review of concern by the PMSEPC. In addition to those consequences imposed under University Regulations, policies or procedures, podiatric medicine students may be subject to one or more of the following consequences imposed by the PMSEPC.

Emergency/Interim Measures

The Dean of the School of Podiatric Medicine or the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (or their designees) has the authority to take appropriate immediate action when a student’s presence in the School of Podiatric Medicine or in an affiliated clinical site poses a danger to the health, safety or welfare of the student, the community or the student’s patients.

Emergency/Interim Measures include but are not limited to, one or more of the following:

  1. Interim Suspension. A student under interim suspension may not attend classes, may not be on or come onto University property or an affiliated clinical site (where such student may be participating in a clerkship), may not participate in any University activities or organizations, and may not use University facilities, equipment or resources.

  2. Interim Removal from University Housing. A student under interim removal from University Housing may not reside in University Housing and may not come into University Housing facilities and/or adjacent areas of University Housing.

  3. If the Dean of the School of Podiatric Medicine or the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (or their designees) determines that other Emergency/Interim measures are appropriate to protect the health, safety or welfare of the student in question, others in the community, or patients, the Dean or Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (or their designees) may:

    1. restrict or bar attendance of any or all classes or participation in clinical education;

    2. restrict or bar access or contact with individuals in the University community or affiliated clinical sites or patients;

    3. restrict or bar access to University property, places, facilities or equipment or affiliated clinical sites;

    4. restrict or ban participation in University activities or organizations or clinical education; or otherwise restrict conduct or ban access to University resources.

  4. A student subject to Emergency/Interim Measures shall be furnished:

    1. Written notice of the Emergency Measure and the reason(s) for the action.

    2. The opportunity to participate in student conduct proceedings or PMSEPC proceedings or to present relevant information for consideration of his/her case.

  5. Emergency/Interim Measures may be taken at any time prior to the conclusion of the University student conduct proceedings or PMSEPC proceedings including during the appeal process.