Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3358:14 - Northwest State Community College › Chapter 3358:14-5 - Academics › Section 3358:14-5-17 - Substance abuse policy for nursing, allied health and public service

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The faculty of the division of allied health &
			 public service and division of nursing are charged with the responsibility of
			 maintaining an environment that ensures the provision of high quality education
			 that is supportive to the well-being of students. In settings where application
			 of learning is applied, the faculty requires that students provide safe,
			 effective and supportive care to those populations to whom they are assigned.
			 Such requirements mandate that students be free of chemical impairment during
			 participation in classroom, laboratory and/or clinical settings. Since it is
			 critical that the client and clinical sites are protected from unsafe, impaired
			 practitioners, the faculty must be diligent in observing and documenting
			 impaired student behavior. The department recognizes chemical dependency
			 (alcoholism and/or drug addiction) as a treatable condition and takes a
			 supportive stance in dealing with students so impaired. In order to fulfill
			 these responsibilities, the faculty has developed guidelines to deal with
			 chemically impaired students.
(B)
								A student shall
			 not possess, use, transmit, sell, conceal or be under the influence of any
			 alcoholic beverage or intoxicant, any of the drugs of abuse defined by Ohio
			 experiences and observations.
(C)
								The use, sale, or
			 possession on the premises of Northwest state community college or affiliating
			 agencies by a student of an unauthorized substance (including alcohol,
			 controlled substances, prescription drugs which may impair task performance,
			 and any other substance which can alter the motor or sensory functions of a
			 human being) is strictly prohibited and may result in dismissal from the
			 program.
(D)
								The faculty defines the chemically impaired student as
			 a person who, while in the academic or clinical setting, is under the influence
			 of, or is abusing, either separately or in combination, substances such as/but
			 not limited to: alcohol, over-the-counter, illegal drugs, prescribed
			 medications that may impair task performance, inhalants, etc. Abuse of the
			 substances includes episodic misuse or chronic use that has produced
			 psychological and/or physical symptomatology.
(E)
								If suspected,
			 students may be asked to be drug tested or assessed for chemical dependency
			 following established procedures. Costs encountered in the process of initial,
			 immediate, screening and assessment will be billed to the college. Any
			 treatment and follow-up for confirmed substance use will be at the expense of
			 the student. The program will seek to maintain the confidentiality of all
			 records and information related to chemical dependency issues as provided by
			 state and federal law.
(F)
								A multi-disciplinary team from the divisions of nursing
			 and allied health & public service consisting of three individuals
			 representing at least one person from nursing and one person from allied health
			 & public service may be convened to serve as an advisory group. One
			 individual from each program in the division may be designated as the program's
			 advisor who monitors student treatment and communicates with the program
			 coordinator. The multi-disciplinary team, the program coordinator, and the
			 designated program advisor will review assessment and treatment information
			 prior to a recommendation for dismissal.