CHCS Student Handbook 2019-2020

110 Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences 2019–2020 The Academic Honesty Committee is composed of faculty representatives from each discipline within the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences. • Once the student appeals to the AHC, the student is notified in writing as to his or her 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 his or her 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 Student Code of Conduct 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. The Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences 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 Student Code of Conduct. 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 Student Code of Conduct may result in additional disciplinary action. It is a “disciplinary sanction serving notice to a student that his/her 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 Student Code of Conduct will be referred to the program’s Committee on Student Progress. Please see the Committee on Student Progress procedures in the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences 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