Background Checks and Exclusion Lists. Students are required to have a criminal background check done for all states in which the individual has lived or worked in the previous seven years in addition to a federal background check for the past seven years. A criminal background check for the State of Missouri will also be done whether or not the individual has lived or worked in the State of Missouri. All such background checks are done at the School’s expense, and records will be provided to CoxHealth before the Student is permitted to begin his/her Practicum at CoxHealth. For positions that have direct contact and routine access to hospital patients, students with convictions involving violence to persons or sex offenses within the past ten years will be excluded from participating. For positions that have access to, or prescribe, order, or administer controlled substances, students with convictions relating to controlled substances within the past ten years will be excluded. Convictions relating to dishonesty shall be evaluated through an individualized assessment process. Individuals convicted of terrorism and related offenses within the past ten years will be excluded. CoxHealth will review convictions that are more than ten years old in making an individualized assessment as to whether an individual should be excluded or not pursuant to this policy. Exhibit A contains a non-exhaustive list of criminal convictions, which shall include suspended impositions of sentence, which CoxHealth will consider in making the above determinations for each student. In any matters involving discretion, CoxHealth will consider whether the practicum position has a reasonably tight nexus to the nature and gravity of the offense at issue; and the time that has passed since the offense in determining whether the individual should be excluded. In addition, a Student may not participate in clinical experiences at CoxHealth if he or she has been placed on the Office of Inspector General Exclusion List, the EPLS (GSA search) Exclusion List, or the Department of Health and Senior Services EDL Unit Exclusion list. Searches of all exclusion lists shall be done at School’s expense, and records will be provided to CoxHealth upon request.
Background Checks and Exclusion Lists. Students are required to have a criminal background check done for all states in which the individual has lived or worked in the previous seven years in addition to a federal background check for the past seven years. A criminal background check for the State of Missouri will also be done whether or not the individual has lived or worked in the State of Missouri. All such background checks are done at the School’s expense, and records will be provided to the Facility upon request. In addition, a Student may not participate in clinical experiences at Facility if he or she has been placed on the Office of Inspector General Exclusion List, the EPLS (GSA search) Exclusion List, or the Department of Health and Senior Services EDL Unit Exclusion list. Searches of all exclusion lists shall be done at School’s expense, and records will be provided to Facility upon request.
