3) Recommended Medical Withdrawal Voluntary Withdrawal A student may seek to withdraw from some or all courses for the current academic semester due to medical reasons. Administratively, this process is initiated through the student’s Academic Advisor, School or College. In some situations, the Office of Student Resources and Support Services will work with the student and appropriate academic unit to complete the requested withdrawal, make the appropriate referral to the Student Health Center for withdrawal evaluation, and communicate with the Academic Advising Center and Newcomb Tulane Dean’s office regarding the withdrawal request. The Student Health Center (SHC) conducts all evaluations for medical withdrawals.
Students who take a medical withdrawal from all courses regardless of the reason must remain on leave for a minimum of one complete academic semester. The Dean’s office will place a hold on the student’s account which will prevent the student from being re-admitted or re-enrolled without properly petitioning to re-enroll as outlined in the Return from Medical Withdrawal policy below. If the student has already registered for the upcoming semester, the Dean’s Office will administratively drop the student’s complete course schedule.
Behavioral incidents that violate the Code of Student Conduct must be properly adjudicated prior to the student’s return from Voluntary Withdrawal. In such situations, the Office of Student Conduct will also place a block on the student’s registration, prohibiting the student from registering for classes until the conduct incidents are fully resolved.
Involuntary Withdrawal If based upon the result of an Administrative Referral the Behavioral Intervention Team determines that the student should withdraw from the University and the student refuses to comply with the recommendation for withdrawal, a Withdrawal Committee consisting of the VPSA (as chair), the Director of the SHC in consultation with the attending physician, and the University Provost (or designee of any of the foregoing) will conduct a Withdrawal Review to determine whether the student should remain in the University.
The student should be notified in writing of the pending Withdrawal Review no less than 24 hours prior to the convening of the Withdrawal Committee. This notice must provide the student with the reason for the proposed involuntary withdrawal and inform the student of his/her rights to review and discuss with the Withdrawal Committee the evaluations submitted to the Committee, the right to present relevant information regarding his/her case either on his/her own behalf or by a health professional working with that student if that student is not capable of self-representation, the right to prepare and submit a statement to the Committee for consideration, and the right to have an advisor from the Tulane community appointed on his/her behalf.
At the time the student is notified of the pending Withdrawal Review, the VPSA may impose immediate interim action pending the review of the Involuntary Withdrawal information, including but not limited to the imposition of a change in residential housing status or interim suspension from the University.
The Committee will be provided with relevant information necessary to make an individualized determination about the student’s ability to remain at the University. This documentation may include but is not limited to: • Recommendations from the Student Health Center, including a report of mental health evaluations, recommendations made after the initial evaluation, and reports regarding compliance with the referral and recommendations. • Documentation and recommendations from any Administrative Referrals. • Documentation regarding conduct or behavioral incidents relevant to the student’s condition.
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