School of Radiologic Technology - Regional West Medical Center

absences for the purpose of this policy.
An absence occurs when a student misses more than one-half of his or her assigned shift for class
or clinical assignment or leaves before completing his or her assigned shift without prior approval. A
technologist must initial the student’s time card to acknowledge that the student left with approval. A
half-day absence will be identified when a student was present for class for at least four hours of the
scheduled day.
Tardy
A student is considered late (tardy) if he or she clocks in more than 5 minutes (8/100) after the time
scheduled. Tardiness is also defined as failing to clock in on time card or failing to have the supervising
technologist initial Clinical Hours Form.
When a student is tardy for more than 1 hour beyond the scheduled time without a justified reason, the
student will lose one half a day of vacation time.
Unexcused Tardy
Documentation of five incidents will result in the loss of one half day of vacation day. Each succeeding
three unexcused tardies will result in the loss of an additional half day of a vacation time. The program
will intervene using the corrective action policy with the student who has ongoing issues with unexcused
tardies regardless of the loss of vacation time.
Early Departure
An early departure is one in which the student clocks out before the scheduled end of his or her shift
(more than 20 minutes) unless instructed to do so by his or her supervisor and that supervisor has
initialed the time card. Early departure is also defined as failing to clock out at the end of the assigned
day or failing to have the supervising technologist initial time card or Clinical Hours Form.
Attendance procedure
Students shall clock in for all of the following: clinical experiences, didactic classes, mandatory
meetings, or as designated by the Program Director.
Arrival and departure times will be determined by the time on the time recording system. Out of
department clinical assignments requires the supervising technologist to initial clock in and clock
out times on the Clinical Hours Form. Out of department clinical assignment are described as
Mammography, Radiation Therapy, RWPC–Orthopaedics, RWPC–Family Practice/Internal Medicine, Box
Butte General Hospital, Torrington Community Hospital and Morrill County Community Hospital. All
other clinical assignments require students to clock in and out using the time clocks and individual time
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