{"id":2100,"date":"2024-06-23T22:10:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T02:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/?page_id=2100"},"modified":"2026-07-11T23:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T03:09:45","slug":"policies-and-procedures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/policies-and-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Policies and Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UMES PA Program Policies and Procedures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contained herein are policies pertaining to students and faculty within the Department of Physician Assistant further referred to as the PA program. Students in the PA program are bound to the policies in the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Student Handbook, the School of Graduate Studies Catalog, and the PA Program Handbook.&nbsp; The policies in the PA Program Handbook, which are listed below, apply to all students, faculty, and staff in the UMES PA Program regardless of one\u2019s location or time in the program including UMES campus, clinical sites, and anywhere instruction occurs.  During the clinical year, specific clinical sites may have policies that supersede University and\/or PA Program Policies. Also, during the clinical year, students are bound to the policies and procedures in the Clinical Education Handbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/academic-integrity-academic-dishonesty\/\">Academic Integrity\/Academic Dishonesty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/academic-probation-dismissal-and-deceleration-decisions-grievances-and-appeals\/\">Academic Probation, Dismissal, and Deceleration Decisions Grievances and Appeals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/academic-probation-policy\/\">Academic Probation Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/required-academic-standards\/\">Academic Standards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/accessing-or-reviewing-student-health-records\/\">Accessing or Reviewing Student Health Records<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/attendance-policy\/\">Attendance Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/background-check-and-uds-grievances-and-appeals\/\">Background Check and UDS Grievances and Appeals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/background-check-policy\/\">Background Check Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/campus-security-policy\/\">Campus Security Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/class-hours\/\">Class Hours<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/deceleration-policy\/\">Deceleration Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/dismissal-policy\/\">Dismissal Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/dress-code-policy\/\">Dress Code Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/grade-grievance\/\">Grade Grievances and Appeals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/health-screening-and-immunization-policy\/\">Health Screening and Immunization Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/inclement-weather-policy\/\">Inclement Weather Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/post-exposure-protocol\/\">Post-Exposure Protocol<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/professional-citations-and-probation\/\">Professional Citations and Probation <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/professionalism-policy\/\">Professionalism Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/evaluation-of-professionalism-values-work-ethics\/\">Professionalism, Values &amp; Work Ethics Evaluation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/professionalism-grievances\/\">Professionalism Violation Grievances and Appeals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/program-as-healthcare-providers-policy\/\">Program as Healthcare Providers Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/process-for-reviewing-student-and-faculty-records\/\">Requesting Student and Faculty Records<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/remediation-policy\/\">Remediation Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/reporting-and-investigating-misconduct-policy\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2890\">Reporting and Investigating Misconduct<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/reporting-student-mistreatment\/\">Reporting Student Harassment and Mistreatment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/safety-on-clinical-sites-and-campus\/\">Safety on Clinical Sites and Campus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/safety-precautions\/\">Safety Precautions\/Prevention of Hazardous Exposures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/exhale\/\">Smoking Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/finding-clinical-sites\/\">Soliciting Clinical Sites Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/employment-policy\/\">Student Employment Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/student-identification\/\">Student Identification<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/student-urine-drug-screen-policy\/\">Student Urine Drug Screen Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/withdrawal-policy\/\">Withdrawal Policy\/Tuition and Fees Refund<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMES PA Program Policies and Procedures Contained herein are policies pertaining to students and faculty within the Department of Physician Assistant further referred to as the PA program. Students in the PA program are bound to the policies in the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Student Handbook, the School of Graduate Studies Catalog, and&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/policies-and-procedures\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Policies and Procedures<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-2100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=2100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}