CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS

The University is responsible for complying with all current federal, state, and local laws and regulations relative to operating a university and health center. These laws and regulations have been put into place to proactively address emerging health threats and overall health, safety and welfare of the students, patients, faculty, and staff associated with universities and health centers.

Additionally, to remain competitive with universities across the country and internationally and in direct response to feedback from our students, we continue to partner with a variety of healthcare partners to provide the most robust, real word clinical education experiences possible for our students, representing healthcare today and tomorrow. As such, many of our partners have their own standards they must follow that provide an additional level of compliance, so students must provide evidence for these additional standards if they wish to participate.

Some programs have specific requirements and those are noted by program; otherwise, all students with clinical and internship components to their program must provide proof (subject to change based on the most current compliance regulations) of the applicable background check and immunizations for their clinical or internship rotation site as noted below.

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS

Clinical practice is an integral part of clinical education at Logan University. Hands-on clinical experience brings to life clinical education for each student in our clinically-oriented programs. It is a privilege for Logan to partner with community health care facilities to provide a robust and diverse clinical experience for our students in applicable programs. To ensure the safety and well-being of all patients, background checks are becoming a standard requirement for employment in the health care profession. It is therefore important that students within programs with clinical experiences and/or internships have current background checks prior to beginning the clinical practice or internship portion of their education. Some programs and some clinical/internship site locations may require background checks more frequently based on the policies of each individual site. Results of background checks will be made available to students and to the necessary Logan University faculty and administration.

Individuals considering applying to programs requiring clinical experiences (e.g., Doctor of Chiropractic, Master of Nutrition and Human Performance [Registered Dietitian track]) should be aware that, based on certain criminal convictions, some clinical/internship affiliates may not accept a student or may rescind a previous acceptance. In such an event, and depending on the circumstance, the student may be unable to complete a required clinical experience and consequently meet their graduation requirements. Students who are unable to complete the graduation requirements are subject to dismissal from Logan.

In addition, certain criminal convictions may result in the denial of the credentials needed to practice. Prospective students who are concerned about a criminal conviction are urged to contact the relevant state and/or federal agencies to inquire whether their criminal record may adversely affect the issuance of the credentials needed to practice. Admission to a program at Logan University is not a guarantee of licensure to practice.

Students with any criminal conviction or guilty pleas for the following shall not participate in patient care activities, including accessing patient health information, providing any type of direct patient care or assisting another health care worker with patient care and therefore may not be admitted to a program related to the aforementioned activities and may be dismissed from the program if convicted after admissions of the following:

1. Rape.
   

2. Criminally deviant conduct.
   

3. Exploitation of an endangered adult or a child.
   

4. Failure to report battery, neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable adult or a child.
   

5. Theft, if the person’s conviction for theft occurred less than 10 years before the date of submission by the person of an application for the criminal background check for the purposes of entering or completing an educational program at Logan.
   

6. Conviction of any crime which requires registration with any state or national sexual offender registry.
   

7. Aggravated murder.
   

8. Murder.
   

9. Voluntary manslaughter.
   

10. Felonious assault.
    

11. Kidnapping.
    

12. Sexual battery.
    

13. Aggravated arson.
    

14. Aggravated robbery.
    

15. Aggravated burglary.

If a student fails to disclose a conviction on their admissions application and they are later found to have been convicted, the student may be dismissed from Logan University for falsifying their application.