12 Nova Southeastern University Student Handbook and procedures. NSU has developed a comprehensive online education program designed to comply with the HIPAA Regulations and to educate its workforce members and others who use, disclose and/ or access protected health information. Applicable health college and/or mental health college students and trainees will be required to complete the education program coordinated through their respective college/academic program. Violations of the NSU policies and procedures regarding privacy and security of protected health information will be reported to the appropriate supervising authority for potential disciplinary action, up to, and including, dismissal in accordance with the applicable college/academic program policies. Further, NSU faculty members and students may be subject to the HIPAA privacy and security policies and procedures enacted by various non-NSU healthcare facilities in which they train. It is the responsibility of the faculty members and students to familiarize themselves with such policies and procedures upon entering each facility. Any questions concerning the HIPAA privacy policies can be directed to the HIPAA liaison of the faculty members/students’ health clinic at NSU, the NSU chief privacy officer, or the NSU chief information security officer. Please see the NSU HIPAA Privacy Department website at nova.edu/hipaa-privacy. Degree Conferral Process Once students have completed 100 percent of the degree requirements, the earned Nova Southeastern University degree will automatically be conferred. As long as student accounts are free from any academic or financial holds, students will be invited to participate in their college’s commencement ceremonies, and each student’s diploma, along with a complimentary academic transcript, will be mailed to the student’s address on file. For more information, visit the registrar’s website at nova.edu/registrar/services /degree-conferral. Code of Student Conduct and Academic Responsibility The university is a community of scholars in which the ideals of freedom of inquiry, freedom of thought, freedom of expression, and freedom of the individual are sustained. However, the exercise and preservation of these freedoms and rights require a respect for the rights of all in the community to enjoy them to the same extent. It is clear that in a community of learning, willful disruption of the educational process, destruction of property, and interference with the orderly process of the university as defined by the university administration or with the rights of other members of the university cannot be tolerated. Students enrolling in the university assume an obligation to conduct themselves in a manner compatible with the university’s function as an educational institution. To fulfill its functions of imparting and gaining knowledge, the university retains the power to maintain order within the university and to exclude those who are disruptive to the educational process.
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