A Level II Criminal Background check with fingerprinting and Drug Screening will be required of applicants who have been conditionally accepted, returning students prior to enrollment or re-enrollment, and on an annual basis for students in the Nursing Program . Nursing Program administrators may also request a Criminal Background Check and/or Drug Screening on a student at any other time during enrollment . • Applicants will sign a Criminal Background CheckandDrugScreeningAcknowledgement form after conditional acceptance . • Applicants or students are responsible for payment of the Criminal Background Check and Drug Screening fee . This fee is paid to the vendor selected by the Nursing Program . • Applicants and students will complete a drug test including but not limited to the following: Alcohol, Amphetamines, Cannabinoids, Phencyclidine, Opiates, Barbiturates, Benzodiazepine, Synthetic Narcotics: Methadone, and Propoxyphene . A Criminal Background Check free of any conviction or pending conviction and negative drug screening is typically required for placement in clinical settings . Clinical placement is a requirement for Nursing Program completion . Therefore, unsuccessful Criminal Background LEVEL II CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK AND DRUG SCREENING
Checks or Drug Screening may prevent the student from completing the Nursing Program . Hodges University assumes no obligation to locate an alternative site and cannot guarantee the completion of degree requirements for such an individual . Furthermore, Hodges is under no obligation to refund tuition or fees or to otherwise accommodate a student if deemed ineligible to complete course requirements based on the results of a criminal background check or drug screening, or if the student is unable to obtain licensure . Unless otherwise provided by law or regulation, a criminal record will not automatically disqualify a student, however State laws generally permit a state licensing board or agency to deny a license to practice if the applicant has been convicted of a felony or other specified crime(s) . Students whose Criminal Background Check results indicate potential inability to be placed in a clinical agency or hold a license will be notifie and counseled . Any student who had any evidence of an issue in their background may be interviewed to elicit further information . The student may be informed that they may not be allowed to continue enrollment in the Program, be placed in a clinical agency, sit for a licensure exam, or be issued a license .
HEALTH INSURANCE
All nursing students must carry personal health insurance for the entire time they are in the program . Documentation of the health insurance must be uploaded to Castlebranch annually .
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