Misconduct Warranting Discipline

Academic misconduct shall include (but is not limited to) any of the following:

• Receiving unsatisfactory grades in: a) three courses; b) two clinical clerkships and/or electives; or c) in the same course twice.
• A student whose cumulative grade point average has fallen below 2.0 for four consecutive semesters.
• Cheating
• Plagiarism
• Unauthorized collaboration on assignments, projects, and/or other undertakings.
• Placing a student in needless jeopardy by acting or performing inappropriately.
• Any breach or violation of the confidence of a patient.
• Unexcused failure to enroll.
• Failure to properly withdraw from a required course in which a student is enrolled.
• Failure to comply with the Academic Committee criteria for remediation of a course.

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Non academic misconduct shall include (but is not limited to) any of the following:

• Conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude.
• Material misrepresentation concerning past achievements or present endeavors.
• Habitual abuse of narcotic drugs, or drugs listed in Schedules I, II, III, or IV of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Act of 1970.
• Abuse of alcohol or using, possessing, manufacturing or distributing controlled substances in violation of the law on University property or at university events as described in the published university policy entitled “Policy on Prevention of Alcohol Abuse and Drug Use on Campus and in the Workplace” (see Section XVIII D).
• Any other acts or omission which, if the student were a licensed physician, could result in discipline by the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts.

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If a faculty member believes that misconduct warranting discipline has occurred, he/she shall inform the student concerned and offer to confer. If the student forgoes such a conference, or if after the conference the faculty member remains convinced that misconduct warranting discipline has occurred, he/she may, among other options, treat any work in question or an entire course as unsatisfactory, informing the student thereof. Additionally or alternatively, the faculty member may refer the matter to the Academic Committee for consultation. (If the Academic Committee determines that sufficient cause exists to warrant consideration of additional discipline, they or the student at any time may initiate formal hearing proceedings.) If after this hearing the Academic Committee, based on the recommendation of the hearing panel, finds that misconduct warranting discipline has occurred, and that the nature of the offense is such that discipline is warranted, it may recommend any of the following to the Dean of the Wichita campus:

• That the student receive an unsatisfactory grade for the course.
• That he/she be suspended from medical school for a specified period of time.
• That he/she be dismissed from the University.
• That such other measures be taken as are determined appropriate under the circumstances, or according to university policy or local, state and federal law.

Students dismissed for misconduct warranting discipline shall not be readmitted to the School of Medicine.

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