Amnesty

Students, regardless of age, will be granted immunity from university disciplinary proceedings for the violation of community conduct standards if the University becomes aware of the breech in community behavior standards because the individual was seeking medical assistance for someone else. The person seeking assistance must reasonably believe he or she is the first to call for assistance, must use his/her own name with authorities, and must stay with the individual needing medical assistance until help arrives.

Amnesty includes, but is not limited to, drug and/or alcohol possession and/or consumption, consensual sexual conduct and/or inappropriate use of institutional property.

Amnesty is never granted for instances of abuse, violence, assault or egregious behavior to another person.

Students will be immune from student disciplinary proceedings for conduct violations if she/he can establish the following:

  1. The only way University officials became aware of the person's violation is because the person placed a 911 call, contacting police or other emergency services, in good faith based on a reasonable belief that another person was in need of immediate medical attention to prevent death, serious injury or trauma.
  2. The student reasonably believed she/he was the first person to make a 911 call, or call police or emergency services, and report that a person needed immediate medical attention to prevent death, serious injury or trauma.
  3. The student provided his/her own name to the 911 operator or equivalent safety, police, or emergency officer.
  4. The student remained with the person needing medical assistance until emergency health care providers arrived and the need for his/her presence had ended.

Students meeting the above criteria may be asked for a statement from University officials or the police, but will not be subject to a disciplinary response.