Dr. Pallavi Patel School of Health Sciences (PSHS) 2025–2026 209 • Once the student appeals to the AHC, the student is notified in writing as to the student’s right to a formal hearing before the committee. • The student’s department chair or designee is also notified once the hearing date and time are set or if the student waives the student’s right to be heard. • The AHC will notify the student and the department chair or designee in writing of the final disciplinary decision. • The decisions of the AHC are final. Disciplinary Warning/Probation/Suspension/Dismissal The purpose of this policy is to ensure adherence to the university’s Code of Student Conduct and Academic Responsibility and provide guidance to students who may be in violation of the code. This code seeks to promote high standards of behavior and academic integrity by setting forth the responsibilities of students as members of the university community. Abiding by the code ensures a climate wherein all members of the university community can exercise their rights of membership. KPCAM’s PSHS has adopted disciplinary standards designed to identify those students who are in violation of the student conduct policies, and to provide timely intervention through advising and support. The policy addresses disciplinary conduct at four levels—Warning, Probation, Suspension, and Dismissal. The university reserves the right to take appropriate action to impose sanctions at any level it deems appropriate based on the nature of the violation of the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Responsibility. The university also reserves the right to take additional disciplinary action as it deems appropriate. Warning Disciplinary Warning is the least severe of the three levels of disciplinary action and will not appear on the official transcript, but will be placed in the student’s program file. Disciplinary Warning serves as an opportunity to address code infractions with the goal of preventing a student from being placed on Disciplinary Probation. It is a written notification that any violation of the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Responsibility may result in additional disciplinary action. It is a “disciplinary sanction serving notice to students that their behavior has not met university standards. This sanction remains in effect for a designated number of semesters of attendance, after which it is expunged from the student’s file.” A student who violates the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Responsibility will be referred to the program’s CSP. Please see the CSP procedures in the PSHS section of this handbook. Probation Disciplinary Probation is one disciplinary level higher than Disciplinary Warning and appears on the student’s official transcript. Probation serves as an opportunity to address serious disciplinary difficulties with the goal of preventing expulsion from the program. It is a “disciplinary sanction serving notice to students that their behavior is in serious violation of university standards. A time period is indicated during which another violation of the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Responsibility will automatically raise the question of a more severe sanction (suspension or expulsion) if the student is found in violation.”
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