GC Catalog 2011 2012 - Gaston College

Degrees, Diplomas & CertificatesCertificates3. Must have completed the required Biologyand Chemistry courses within 5 years fromthe date of application to the program.4. Criminal Background Checks, Fingerprintingand Annual Drug Screening. In order tocomply with current Student Facility AffiliationAgreements students admitted into theDietetic Technician Program will be requiredto complete successful Criminal Backgroundchecks and Drug Screens according to GastonCollege procedures before being placedin a clinical facility. The facility reserves theright to deny the student access to the facility.If the student is denied access, the studentwill not be able to the program. Completionof clinical experience is required for the satisfactorycompletion of the program. Moreinformation will be provided upon conditionalacceptance into the program.5. CPR Certification. The student must be currentlycertified in infant, child and adultCPR from the American Heart Association,the Red Cross or you may go on line towww.CPRTODAY.com. You must submit acopy of the CPR certification card prior to beginningthe program.6. Applicants should be aware that travel in“out-of-service” areas may be required forclinical fieldwork.7. A completed North Carolina CommunityCollege Student Medical Form documentingsatisfactory emotional and physical healthis required before entrance into the programby date to be announced by the DieteticTechnician Department Chairperson.The following criteria will be utilized by theAdmissions Committee in the selection processof recommending applicants for admission to theDietary Managers program:1. The number of related courses completedby end of the fall semester prior to makingapplication.2. Grade Point Average (GPA) in related courses.The selection of applicants into the Program isbased on the above criteria. The final selectionof applicants into the program is made by theDepartment Chairman in consultation with the Deanof Health Sciences.HEALTH REQUIREMENTS1. Physical health is defined as being free ofdisabling or contagious disease, being ableto perform fine and gross motor skills, andbeing able to perform normal weight-bearingactivities.Assessment of the student's physical healthis made, with the use of information fromthe physical examination, performed by theapplicant's physician/nurse practitioner/physician assistant and laboratory tests.Continued assessment of the student's physicalhealth is made by timely documentedupdated tests and reports and by facultyobservations of the students.IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTSALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE THE RESULTSOF A TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST DONE WITHINONE YEAR PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT IN THEGASTON COLLEGE DIETETIC TECHNICIANPROGRAM.a. STUDENTS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER,BORN IN 1957 OR LATER.REQUIRED:• 3 DTP or Td doses• 1 MEASLES (Rubeola) dose, on or after15 months of age.*• 1 RUBELLA dose on or after 15 monthsof age.**• 1 MUMPS dose on or after 15 monthsof age.• 1 Td dose within the last 10 years.• 1 MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA (MMR)booster dose in 1980 or later.b. STUDENTS BORN PRIOR TO 1957.REQUIRED:• 3 DTP or Td doses• 1 RUBELLA dose. **• 1 Td dose within the last 10 years.c. STUDENTS OVER 50 YEARS OF AGE.REQUIRED:• 3 DTP or Td doses.• 1 Td dose within the last 10 years.d. History of varicella (chicken pox) ORVarcilla Titer. (History of varicella is acceptablewithout physician verification.)* History of physician diagnosed measlesis acceptable.** ONLY laboratory proof of immunityto rubella is acceptable (Rubellatiter). Rubella is not required if 50years or older.e. The Hepatitis B Vaccine (recommendedimmunization) must be completed (seriesof three (3) injections) by the end of thespring semester, Freshman Year.131