Student Handbook - College of Medicine - Florida Atlantic University

faculty. The EAPC may accept, reject or modify the sanctions imposed by the MSPPSC. The EAPC will notify thestudent of its decision within five (5) business days of the hearing.If unsatisfied with the outcome of the EAPC hearing, the student may appeal the severity of the sanction bysubmitting an appeal in writing to the Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs or designee within five (5) days ofreceiving notice of the EAPC decision. The student must provide a justification for the appeal, which basis will belimited to the severity of the sanction. This appeal will go to the Dean of the College of Medicine. The decision of theDean of the College of Medicine is final. The student has a right to appeal the Dean’s final decision to an externaljudicial forum.(c) Hearing ProceduresThis paragraph describes the procedures for all appeal hearings described above. The primary purpose of the appealhearings described above is to ascertain whether the sanction under appeal was imposed in a manner consistentwith the requirements and standards of the Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine, the rights and obligationsof the student, and the rights and obligations of the faculty.All hearings are closed to the public and the press. The appeal hearings are not adversarial in nature, and the formalrules of evidence do not apply. The student and all other interested parties will be invited to attend and participate inthe hearings. The student may choose to have an advisor present. The advisor may consult with the student but maynot participate in the hearing directly unless given permission to do so by those conducting the hearing. If thestudent’s advisor is an attorney, the University will have an attorney present as well. Either party to the appeal maycall witnesses. Summary minutes of the appeal and relevant attachments shall be provided to either party uponrequest.Section V: Consequences of Failure to Meet Academic, Professional and BehavioralRequirements and StandardsThis section describes the consequences for medical students who fail to meet the academic, professional andbehavioral requirements and standards described above and are subject to a review of concern by the MSPPSC.Medical students may be subject to one or more of the following consequences imposed by the MSPPSC, in additionto those consequences imposed under University Regulations, policies or procedures, including, but not limited to,Regulations 4.001 and 4.007.(b) Emergency/Interim MeasuresThe Dean of the College of Medicine or the Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs (or their designees) has theauthority to take appropriate immediate action when a student’s presence in the College of Medicine or in an affiliatedclinical site poses a danger to the health, safety or welfare of the student, the community or the student’s patients.Emergency/Interim Measures include but are not limited to, one or more of the following:(1) Interim Suspension. A student under interim suspension may not attend classes, may not be on orcome onto University property or an affiliated clinical site (where such student may be participating in aclerkship), may not participate in any University activities or organizations, and may not use Universityfacilities, equipment or resources.(2) Interim Removal from University Housing. A student under interim removal from University Housingmay not reside in University Housing and may not come into University Housing facilities and/oradjacent areas of University Housing.(3) If the Dean of the College of Medicine or the Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs (or theirdesignees) determines that other Emergency/Interim measures are appropriate to protect the health,safety or welfare of the student in question, others in the community, or patients, the Dean or SeniorAssociate Dean for Student Affairs (or their designees) may:53