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ADA Statement

 

Students requesting classroom accommodations or modifications because of a documented disability should contact the Access Office for Students with Disabilities located in room 1115 Nevins Hall. The phone numbers are 245-2498 (voice) and 219-1348 (tty).

 

Drug Free Schools and Workplace

 

 DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND WORKPLACE

The College of Nursing adheres to the policies established by Valdosta State University and specified in the Drug Free Work Place (6/91), Drug Free Schools and Communities Act (9/90), and the Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program (9/90). In accordance with Valdosta State University's Drug Free Work Place Policy (see VSU Faculty Handbook), the College of Nursing has a responsibility to provide a safe and healthy environment for faculty, staff members, and students. Faculty, staff members and students are prohibited from the use, distribution, sale, personal possession, manufacture, or purchase of illegal drugs or alcohol while at work, or in class on the University premises, or while at clinical experience sites. The Valdosta State University College of Nursing is dedicated to maintaining a drug free work place and learning environment. An impaired faculty member, staff member, or student constitutes a potential threat to faculty, staff, student, and client safety. Faculty, staff members, and students who are suspected to be drug dependent or have an addiction problem are encouraged to seek diagnosis, counseling, and treatment from qualified professionals. The VSU Counseling Center will treat requests for evaluation or therapy confidentially and will provide short-term assistance (5 sessions). Long-term counseling, or therapy, is the individual's responsibility. An impaired faculty member, staff member, or student's completion of a program for rehabilitation and treatment facilitates the possibility of return to work, or class, following release from treatment. The inappropriate use of drugs or alcohol is not condoned. Any faculty member, staff member, or student reporting to work, or class, or to clinical experience sites exhibiting signs/symptoms of alcohol or substance abuse will be requested to submit to a blood and/or urine test for chemical analysis to determine the presence of toxic, hazardous, illegal, or foreign substances. Any faculty, staff member, or student who declines to submit to testing (for reasonable cause) will be subject to disciplinary action up to, and including, discharge or expulsion.

  1. Reasonable suspicion of inappropriate use of drugs or alcohol may come from supervisory observation, co-worker or classmate reports, performance decline, attendance or behavioral changes, or involvement in a workplace, classroom, clinical, or vehicular accident. Suspicion must be verified by at least two witnesses.
  2. A faculty member, staff member, or student suspected of inappropriate use of drugs or alcohol will be escorted to the University student health center, if on campus, or to the hospital or agency laboratory, if at a clinical site, where testing will be done according to established protocol. Such testing will be done at the expense of the individual.
  3. Faculty, staff members, and students charged with a drug violation by law enforcement authorities will be suspended from employment, class, and clinical experience sites. If the charges are dropped or the involved individual is ruled innocent, the individual may return to employment, class, and clinical experience sites as appropriate.
  4. If an individual is convicted of a drug violation, he/she is subject to termination or expulsion. If a faculty member or staff member is convicted of violating any criminal drug statutes the faculty or staff member must notify the Personnel Office within five calendar days of conviction. Students convicted of violating any criminal drug statutes must notify the Dean, College of Nursing, within five calendar days.
Students should be aware that clinical experiences may require a criminal background check, and/or drug screen, be submitted prior to or during placement in that clinical environment. Such screening is at the student expense and results will be submitted directly to the clinical agency.

 

Drug Testing & Criminal Background Statement

 

Students should be aware that clinical experiences may require a criminal background check, and/or drug screen, be submitted prior to or during placement in that clinical environment. Such screening is at the student expense and results will be submitted directly to the clinical agency.