School of Radiologic Technology - Regional West Medical Center

starts in August, the Program will no longer
contact alternates for any openings. Not all
available positions may be filled.
The Educational Advisory Committee will be
responsible for determining the number of
students accepted in to the program each year.
Background Check
Clinical education settings provide vital handson
experiences for students as they advance in
their education. Students are involved in patient
contact and should be held to the same standards
of patient safety, as would any hospital employee.
To assure the program and clinical educational
settings that students conditionally accepted in
the program are prepared morally and ethically to
care for patients in the health care professions, a
background check is required. Regional West uses
background checks to assure students enrolled in
the program do not have a felony history that may
pose a safety risk to our patients, staff, or fellow
students.
All conditionally accepted students are required
to complete successfully a pre-acceptance
background check prior to beginning classes. A
background check is done only after an applicant
has been conditionally accepted into the program.
The background check will be performed in
compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
This information will not be used as a basis
for denying enrollment unless the information
indicates the conditional student is not suitable
for the position. Regional West Medical Center
will utilize a third party agency to conduct the
background check. The Human Resources
Department at Regional West is responsible for
all aspects of the background check process for
students. The Human Resources Department
will make known to the program director any
conditionally accepted student failing to pass the
background check. The Community Hospital
in Torrington, a subsidiary of Banner Health,
requires its own background check for students
rotating through that clinical educational
setting. Therefore, students will have two sets
of background paper work to complete, one for
Regional West and a second for Banner Health.
If the student does not pass both background
checks, the decision of whether to accept the
student into the Program will be determined
by the Educational Advisory Committee on a
case-by-case basis. A criminal conviction does
not automatically disqualify an applicant from
consideration as a student at Regional West. The
following items will be considered when evaluating
the conviction:
• Nature and gravity of the criminal offense
• Nature of the duties and responsibilities of the
student and further employment
• Pattern of other related criminal convictions
• Age of the applicant when the criminal
office occurred
• Time since the criminal conviction and/or
completion of the sentence
If the criminal history check reveals criminal
convictions, which the applicant failed to disclose
on the application, the offer of enrollment will be
withdrawn, unless the individual shows that a
report is in error. If the student wishes to appeal
this decision and continue the admission process,
the student must:
• Meet with the program director and present
in writing why the student should not be
considered a risk to patient safety. This
process must be completed within 10 days of
receipt of notification of dismissal.
• After the meeting, the program director
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