Marie Allied Health Care Training Center

Student Conduct Policy

Student Conduct Policy

To maintain order and efficiency during training, Marie’s Allied Health Career Training Center requires students to abide by the rules. Any of the following will be cause for disciplinary action up to and including immediate dismissal of the student:

  1. Bringing drugs or alcohol onto the school property.
  2. Violating safe clinical practices.
  3. Academic dishonesty.
  4. Insubordination, (failing to comply with the instructions of instructor or School employee).
  5. Participating in illegal acts on or off School property, while in training.
  6. Fighting or using vulgarity.
  7. Being under the influence of intoxicating drugs or alcohol.
  8. Disrupting instruction or training.
Academic and Classroom Misconduct

The instructor has the primary responsibility of maintaining classroom decorum and academic integrity. Hence, the instructor has the authority to order the temporary removal or exclusion of any student engaged in disruptive behavior in violation of the general rules and regulations of Marie’s Allied Health Career Training Center. Extended or permanent expulsion from the school or further disciplinary action will be determined by Marie’s Allied Health Career Training Center through appropriate procedures. Academic misconduct committed either directly or indirectly by an individual or group is subject to disciplinary action. Academic misconduct includes but are not limited to the following practices :

  • CHEATING, including but not limited to unauthorized assistance from the material, people, or devices when taking a test, quiz, or examination; writing papers or reports; solving problems; or completing academic assignments.
  • PLAGIARISM, including but not limited to paraphrasing, summarizing, or directly quoting published or unpublished work of another person, including online or computerized services, without proper documentation of the source.
  • PURCHASING OR OTHERWISE OBTAINING prewritten essays, research papers, or materials prepared by another person or agency that sells term papers of other academic materials to be presented as one’s own work.
  • TAKING AN EXAM for another student. Providing others with information and/or answers regarding exams, quizzes, homework or other classroom assignments unless explicitly authorized by the instructor. Upon discovery of a student’s participation in academic misconduct, the student is immediately responsible to the instructor of the class, who will meet with the offending student with evidence of the misconduct. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions that may be imposed as a result of academic misconduct, the instructor has the authority to assign a failing grade. Marie’s Allied Health Career Training Center students accept full responsibility for the quality and authenticity of the submitted course work. When confronted with evidence of academic misconduct, students may admit their participation and accept the penalty imposed by the instructor. The instructor will inform the Instructor of the violation, and the Instructor will forward written notice of the violation to the School Director, who will keep records of the incident. If the student believes that he/she has been erroneously accused of academic misconduct and if his/her final grade has been lowered as a result, the student may appeal the case through the following procedures The student may discuss the case with the School Director.
  • If the student seeks a further appeal, he/she may ask the Instructor to contact the School Director, who will determine any additional steps to be taken.
Disciplinary Procedures

Marie’s Allied Health Career Training Center students are citizens of the state, local, and national governments, and of the academic community. Therefore, they are expected to conduct themselves as law-abiding members of the community. Through appropriate due process procedures, Marie’s Allied Health Career Training Center
disciplinary measures shall be imposed for conduct that adversely affects Marie’s Allied Health Career Training Center pursuit of its educational objectives, that violates or shows a disregard for the rights of other members of the academic community, or that endangers property or people at the school or on school controlled property. Individual or organizational misconduct that is subject to disciplinary sanction shall include but not be limited to the following examples : 

CONDUCT DANGEROUS TO OTHERS.

Any conduct that constitutes a danger to any person’s health, safety, or personal well-being, including any physical abuse or immediate threat of abuse.

  • HAZING. Any intentional or reckless act in Indiana on or off the property of any post-secondary institution, by one student, acting alone or with others, that is directed against any other student, that endangers the mental or physical health or safety of that student, or that induces or coerces a student to endanger such student’s psychological or physical health or safety.
  • DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Any individual or group behavior that is abusive, obscene, lewd, indecent, violent, excessively noisy, or disorderly or that unreasonably disturbs other groups or individuals.
  • OBSTRUCTION OF OR INTERFERENCE WITH JC ACTIVITIES OR FACILITIES. Any intentional interference with or obstruction of any School activity, program, event, or facilities, including the following :
    1. Any unauthorized occupancy of School or School-controlled facilities or blockage of access to or from such facilities.
    2. Interference with the right of any school staff member or other authorized people to gain access to any School or School-controlled activity, program, event, or facilities.
    3. Any obstruction or delay of a staff member, authoritative agency firefighter, or any School official in the performance of his/her duty.
  • MISUSE OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Any act of misuse, vandalism, malicious or unwarranted damage or destruction, defacing, disfiguring, or unauthorized use of property belonging to Marie’s Allied Health Career Training Center including but not limited to heavy equipment, computers, fire alarms, fire equipment, telephones, School keys, resource materials, and/or safety devices; and any such act against a member of Marie’s Allied Health Career Training Center or a guest of Maries Allied Health Career Training Center.
  • THEFT, MISAPPROPRIATION OR UNAUTHORIZED SALE OF PROPERTY. Any act of theft, misappropriation or sale of Marie’s Allied Health Career Training Center property, or any such act against a member of Marie’s Allied Health Career Training Center
  • MISUSE OF DOCUMENTS OR IDENTIFICATION CARDS. Any forgery, alteration of, or unauthorized use of Marie’s Allied Health Career Training Center documents, forms, records, or identification cards, including the giving of any false information or withholding of necessary information relating to a student’s admission, enrollment, or status at the School.
  • FIREARMS AND OTHER DANGEROUS WEAPONS. Any possession of or use of firearms or dangerous weapons of any kind.
  • EXPLOSIVES, FIREWORKS, AND FLAMMABLE MATERIALS. The unauthorized possession, ignition, or detonation of any object or article that could cause damage by fire or any other means to people or property, or possession of any substance that could be considered to be and used as fireworks.
Student’s Right to Cancel

The student has the right to cancel the initial enrollment agreement until (5pm) of the (sixth) business day after the student has been admitted. If the right to cancel is not given to any prospective student at the time the agreement is signed, then the student has the right to cancel the agreement at any time and receive a refund on all monies paid to date within (30) days of cancellation. Cancellation should be submitted to the authorized official of the school in writing.

Grievance Procedure/Student Complaint Procedure

Most problems or complaints that students may have can be resolved through a personal meeting with Maries Allied Health Career Training Center staff. Grievances related to training must be submitted to the Instructor. Any grievance remaining unresolved after a review by the Instructor can be submitted in writing to the Director. Non-training related complaints must be submitted to the Director. The Instructor and/or Director will make every reasonable effort to resolve a grievance to the satisfaction of the student. Answers to grievances will be given no more than ten days after submission of grievance. The written complaint should contain
(1) the nature of the problem(s),

(2) approximate date(s) that the problem(s) occurred,

(3) name(s) of the individual(s) involved in the problem(s) - staff and/or other students,

(4) copies of important information regarding the problem(s),

(5) evidence demonstrating that the institution's complaint procedure was followed prior to this point in time, and

(6) student signature. Complaints should be mailed to :

5490 Broadway STE L7 Merrillville, IN 46410

If a student’s questions or concerns are not resolved to the student’s satisfaction, students may make
complaints to :
INDIANA STUDENTS :

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education/The Indiana Board for Proprietary Education

101 West Ohio Street, Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN 46204-4206
Email, RMiller@che.in.gov, and web: https://www.in.gov/bpe/. Phone:

317.232.1033
Fill the Grievance Form Here