Criminal Background Check
Students will be required to submit to a criminal background check through an agency selected by the nursing department. The criminal background check is to be done before student's application can be considered complete and eligible for review, and within the calendar year of admission. The student is responsible for completing the background check and all fees involved with this process. If the results of the background check are deemed unacceptable to any of the clinical agencies with which the university has contracts, the student would not be able to complete the clinical requirements of the program necessary for progression and graduation, and therefore would not qualify for acceptance into the nursing program. The student is responsible for all costs associated with such screenings. The following histories will disqualify an individual from consideration for clinical rotations:
1) felony convictions
2) misdemeanor convictions or felony deferred adjudications involving crimes against persons (personal or sexual)
3) felony deferred adjudications for the sale, possession, distribution, or transfer of narcotics or controlled substances
4) registered sex offenders.
Students must also submit to any additional screenings that may be requested by the clinical agency in which they are participating inclinical experiences, e.g. drug screens.
Student Instructions to complete the background check