93 NMT Clinical Penalties for Violation of Clinical Policies
93 NMT Clinical Penalties for Violation of Clinical Policies
VIOLOATION of CLINICAL POLICIES
Penalties for Failing to Report a Clinical Absence (No Call / No Show) OR Un-Excused Absence
Students are required to report all types of absences (personal days, funeral days, jury duty, etc.) to the clinical site AND the RISP clinical instructor. Failure to follow the policy for reporting a personal day will be considered a No Call / No Show.
A student who is not in clinic or leaves clinic without permission from the clinical stie will be considered to have and Un-Excused Absence (left clinic without permission).
No-Call / No-Show and Un-Excused Absences will result in the following penalties:
| 1st offense* | Verbal Warning (or email warning sent to student) |
| 2nd offense | Tardy and Written Warning (notice letter sent to student and placed in student file) |
| 3rd offense | Tardy AND ½ to 1 Full P-Day deduction (RISP faculty disgretion) |
| 4th offense | 1 Letter Grade deduction in clnic and Clinical Probation |
| 5th offense | Recommended Program Dismissal |
*No Call / No Show and Unexcused Absences are cumulative penalites throughout the entire program
(i.e.; if students charged with a No Call / No Show, and then charged with an Unexcused Absence, it will result in a 2nd offense)
*If the student is already on probation, a first offense of a “no-call/no-show” will result in a recommendation for dismissal.
The following would be considered “No-Call / No-Show” incidents. This list is not meant to be exclusive:
- Not reporting an absence
- Calling in ‘sick’ more than 60 minutes after your start time
- More than 60 minutes tardy
- Unverified missed punch (missed both in and out)
The following would be considered “Un-Excused Absence” incidents. This list is not meant to be exclusive:
- Leaving clinic without permission
- No written explanation for leaving clinic early (NO NOTE in E*Value)
- Absent from clinic during your scheduled time without notification to clinical site
- Taking more than one hour for lunch break
- Leaving the assigned clinical area after clocking in and not letting the clinical supervisor know where you are
- Leaving clinic before 3 pm (w/o permission) and/or when there are still exams to be completed
- Unverified missed punch (either clock in or out)
Penalties for an Excessive Tardiness
A student who clocks in late (is tardy) or fails to clock in (misses) more than the allotted number of tardies/misses (>3 times) in a clinical course will be considered to have Excessive Tardiness and will be penalized the following:
| 1st offense* | Verbal Warning (or email warning sent to student) (4th tardy) |
| 2nd offense | Written Warning (notice letter sent to student and placed in student file) (5th tardy) |
| 3rd offense | ½ to 1 Full P-Day deduction and/or 1 Letter Grade deduction in clnic (RISP faculty disgretion), and Clinical Probation (6th tardy) |
| 4th offense | Recommended Program Dismissal (7th tardy in one semester) |
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