Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (NSU MD) 2024–2025 29 Background Checks/Continuing Duty to Disclose NSU MD requires students to submit to background checks. Accepted applicants and students in our program (as well as accepted applicants and students in other NSU Health Professions Division [HPD] programs) are required to authorize the HPD to obtain background check(s) as per adopted policy. If the background check(s) reveal information of concern, which the HPD may deem unfavorable, the HPD will request that the individual provide a detailed written explanation of the information contained in this report, along with appropriate documentation (e.g., police reports). Students may also be required to authorize clinical training facilities they are assigned to by the HPD to obtain a background check, with the results reported to the clinical training facility. Students with questions concerning background checks should contact their respective college and/or academic program for more information. Offers of admission will not be considered final until the completion of the background check(s), with results deemed favorable by the HPD. If information received in connection with a background check indicates the student has provided false or misleading statements, has omitted required information, or in any way is unable to meet the requirements for completion of the program, then the student’s admission may be denied or rescinded, the student may be disciplined or dismissed, or the student’s enrollment may be terminated. Acceptance to NSU MD does not guarantee that a student with information of a concern will be accepted by clinical training facilities to which they may be assigned. Students enrolled in the HPD have a continuing duty to disclose any arrest, conviction, guilty or no contest plea, adjudication withheld, or participation in a pretrial diversion program, or its equivalent, for any criminal offense. Students are required to notify their dean’s office within 10 days of any arrest or subsequent conviction, guilty, or no contest plea, adjudication withheld, or participation in a pretrial diversion program, or its equivalent, for any criminal offense. Students with Disabilities Individuals with disabilities (as defined by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act) may be qualified to study and practice medicine with the use of reasonable accommodation. To be qualified for the study of medicine, those individuals must be able to meet NSU MD’s academic and technical standards, with or without reasonable accommodation. Accommodation is a means of assisting students with disabilities to meet essential standards by providing them with an equal opportunity to participate in all aspects of each required course or clinical experience in the curriculum. Reasonable accommodation is not intended to guarantee that students will be successful in meeting the curricular requirements. More information is available at nova.edu/student-handbook, under the E.1 Grievance Procedure for Discrimination Based on Disability section and on the Office of Student Disability Services’ web page, at nova.edu/disabilityservices. The Use of Auxiliary Aids and Intermediaries Technological compensation can be made for some disabilities in certain areas, but a candidate should be able to perform in a reasonably independent manner. Qualified students with documented disabilities may be provided with reasonable accommodations that may include involvement of an intermediary or an auxiliary aid. But no disability can be reasonably accommodated with an aid or intermediary that
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