under the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Timothy J. Piazza Antihazing Law, 18 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 2801- 2811. The prohibitions set forth herein shall be deemed to apply to any act of hazing undertaken by CCAC students, whether occurring on campus or at any non-CCAC owned or operated facility or property. S ANCTIONS FOR V IOLATIONS Violations of the prohibition on hazing set forth herein shall constitute a violation of the Student Code of Behavioral Conduct and shall be subject to sanctions in accordance therewith. Sanctions for violations shall include but not limited to the imposition of fines, withholding of diplomas, grades or transcripts, expulsion from the College and, in the case of student organizations found to have violated this policy, revocation of their recognition by or sanction to operate at CCAC. Sanctions imposed under the Student Code of Behavioral Conduct shall be in addition to any criminal penalty that may be imposed for conduct that constitutes an offense under the Pennsylvania Antihazing Law. The voluntary or consensual participation of a student in an activity shall not excuse an act of hazing otherwise prohibited herein or constitute a defense to a charge of hazing under the Student Code of Behavioral Conduct. S AFE H ARBOR Notwithstanding the foregoing, charges and/or sanctions against a student who participated in a hazing activity may be mitigated if it is determined that the student placed a 911 call or contacted College security, police or other emergency services personnel (collectively or individually, “emergency personnel”) based upon a reasonable, good faith belief that another individual was in need of immediate medical attention to prevent death or serious bodily injury to that individual. Good faith will be presumed whenever the student can establish that (1) the student reasonably believed that she/he/they was the first individual to contact emergency services on behalf of the individual believed to need medical attention, (2) the student provided her/his/their own name to emergency services personnel who responded to the call, and (3) the student remained with the individual needing medical assistance until emergency services personnel arrived and the need for the student’s presence had ended. R EPORTING AND D ISTRIBUTION In furtherance of the goals and objectives of this regulation, the College shall publish, on a biannual basis and no later than January 1 and August 1 of each year, a report describing all violations of this policy and/or the Pennsylvania Antihazing Law that have been reported to the College during the five-year period preceding the date of the report. The report will be made available for viewing on the College’s publicly accessible website – www.ccac.edu. The College shall further publish the requirements set forth in this regulation on its publicly accessible website and in its Student Handbook and shall provide a copy of the same to each student organization on an annual basis. R EFERENCES Timothy J. Piazza Antihazing Law, 18 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 2801-2811 Student Code of Behavioral Conduct Student Handbook
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