HIPAA

medical records or turned into your clinical instructor. 3. Any student found guilty of dishonesty in academic work is subject to disciplinary action. The college may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of any form of academic dishonesty.

B. Fabrication: Intentional or unauthorized falsification or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise.

C. Facilitating academic dishonesty: Intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another to violate any provision of the institutional policy on academic dishonesty.

D. Plagiarism: The deliberate adoption or reproduction of ideas or words or statements of another person as one’s own, without acknowledgment.

1. One of the greatest misconceptions many people have is that anything on the Internet is “free” and can be used without giving credit to the source.

Consequently, many students simply cut and paste into their own papers whole sentences, paragraphs, and pages from documents found on the

Internet. This is obvious plagiarism. If a student cuts and pastes and acknowledges the source, but does not put quotation marks around the material copied, it is still plagiarism because the student has suggested that the words are his/her own.

E. A student who receives a failing grade (“F”) in a course as a result of academic dishonesty (such as plagiarism) may not withdraw from that course with a “W” or

receive a refund. THIS POLICY APPLIES TO ANY STUDENT IN A PARTICULAR

COURSE DEEMED TO HAVE COMMITTED AN ACT OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY OR FOUND CHEATING DURING ANY PART OF A SEMESTER, AND REGARDLESS OF

WHETHER HE/SHE HAS TURNED IN ANY GRADED WORK. Mitigating circumstances do not apply in such cases. However, a student may follow the appeal process outlined in the DCC Student Handbook to appeal the failing grade.

F. Violation of the academic integrity policy will result in dismissal from the Program.

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)

On April 14, 2003, all covered entities (health care providers, health plans, and health care clearing houses) were expected to be in compliance with the standards that protect privacy of an individuals’ health information. These privacy standards were authorized by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Privacy Rule (privacy standards), ensures that personal medical information shared with doctors, hospitals, and others who provide and pay for healthcare is protected.