MEDICAL CAREER TRAINING INSTITUTE , INC.

REGULATIONS AND INFORMATION ON STUDENT DRESS CODE

Professional standards in dress and personal presentation are required at all times. While attending school, clinical and practicum you are representing yourself, MCTI, and the profession of Health Care. Your dress and personal presentation make an important statement to clients and to other professionals. In general terms, this means being clean, neat, tidy and presentable. Follow agency policy where applicable.

Dress/Grooming Code
Hair: Clean, neat, off the face, tied back if shoulder length or longer. Please use good judgment - your hair must not be in your eyes and it must not touch the client, or surfaces, during care delivery or procedures.
Face: Minimal makeup. Facial piercing discouraged.
Male students: facial hair must be neatly groomed and trimmed.
Nails: Clean, short, neatly trimmed, no nail polish, or artificial nails.
Hygiene: Daily bath, shower. Appropriate use of deodorant/antiperspirant. Good oral hygiene.
Scent: No perfume. No after-shave. Most health care facilities have a “scent-free” policy. Dress: Scrubs musts be clean, in good repair, fit well and be wrinkle-free. One patterned piece may be worn (e.g. a patterned top with solid pant). Undergarments must not be visible through your uniform. No bare feet - wear socks with shoes.
Shoes: White, clean, sturdy non-slip sole, closed-toe. Ideally should not be worn outside. No clogs. No sandals.
Jewelry: Stud earrings only. No chains visible outside uniform. Plain wedding band permitted; no rings with stones. No bracelets. No visible body or facial piercing jewelry.
I.D.: Identification tag must be worn at all times.

When in doubt, please ask your instructor for advice.

STUDENT CONDUCT
The School expects students to conduct themselves at all times in a professional manner. The forms of misconduct below are considered to be in conflict with the educational objectives of the School. Students who engage in such misconduct will be placed on probation, suspension, or termination from the program at the sole discretion of the School.

• Any type of dishonesty, including cheating, plagiarism, knowingly furnishing false information to the school, forgery, alteration or use of institution documents or identification with intent to defraud. Intentional disruption or obstruction of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary proceedings, public meetings and programs, clinical practice or other school activities.

• Physical or verbal abuse of any person on NMA premises or at functions sponsored or supervised by the School.

• Any form of harassment including those based on sex, race, religion or national origin.

• Theft or damage to the School premises or damage to the property of a member of the school community on the School premises. Students will be charged for the repair or replacement of any equipment lost or damaged through negligence or willful mischief. This includes damage to any part of the building or its immediate surroundings.

• Possession of guns or knives or other weapons on the school or clinical externship site premises.

• Failure to comply with directions of institutional officials acting in the performance of their duties. Violation of the law on School premises or at clinical externship sites, in a way that affects the school community's pursuit of its proper educational objectives. This includes, but is not limited to, use of alcoholic beverages and/or controlled or dangerous substances.

• Any behavior, which would not be considered generally acceptable by an employer of one of his/her employees.

• Violation of employee conduct and clinical externship policies at the externship site.

• Any other behavior, which the School, at its sole discretion, determines to be inconsistent with the intent of this section or the interest of the School or its other students or graduates.

DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICIES
MCTI complies with all Federal, state and local laws that regulate or prohibit the possession, use or distribution of alcohol or illicit drugs. Violations of such laws, which come to the attention of the School officials, will be addressed through NMA procedures and directed to the appropriate local, state or federal agencies; offenders may be subject to prosecution in the courts.

Students and employees at MCTI are subject to Federal, State, and local laws relating to possession and distribution of illegal drugs, and to state and local laws for drinking and obtaining alcohol. All MCTI full-time, part-time, and temporary faculty, staff, students and employees (collectively, "faculty/staff/students") are hereby notified of the following, which apply to all activities conducted on MCTIpremises and to all other activities sponsored by MCTI:

• Students may not possess, use or distribute illegal drugs on any MCTI property or as part of any School activity.

• The use of illegal drugs or the abuse of legal drugs on MCTI premises is expressly prohibited. Students may not be on school property in a drunken or inebriated condition or under the influence of controlled substances.

• Students are encouraged to assist other students in seeking treatment if a drug or alcohol related problem is apparent.

• Students are required to inform the School if they are convicted of any drug abuse charge in a federal, state or local court within two days of conviction.

• Students are required to inform the Campus Director if they become aware of another student distributing or selling illegal drugs on the school premises or at any school sponsored activity.

Any student who violates any of the applicable standards of conduct is subject to corrective disciplinary actions and penalties, including possible expulsion from MCTI academic programs, and referral to the appropriate state, federal, and/or local authorities for prosecution in the courts. Any employee who violates any of the applicable standards of conduct is subject to corrective disciplinary actions and penalties up to and including termination of employment, and referral to the appropriate state, federal, and/or local authorities for prosecution in the courts.

STUDENT APPEAL PROCESS
Any student who wishes to appeal probation, suspension, or termination may submit a letter of appeal to the Campus Director. It is the sole discretion of the School to accept or reject the appeal.

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
It is highly advised and most effective for a student to resolve a grievance through free and informal communications with parties directly involved.

If the grievant is dissatisfied with the response or resolution provided, the student may present the grievance to the Director of Administrative Services by taking the following required steps:
1. Complete a Request form, indicating the date of the incident, names of people involved, employees involved in the incident, and the reason(s) for the complaint.
2. Forward the completed form to the Director of Administrative Services.

The Director of Administrative Services shall schedule a meeting with the student to address the grievance and include others involved in the incident, if deemed necessary. A follow-up meeting with the student is conducted within 7 days, to discuss the resolution as determined by the school’s officials.

All parties to a grievance are expected to maintain confidentiality in grievance procedures.