All applicants offered admission to a program in the School of Allied Health Sciences are required to undergo a background check. If you are offered admission, a letter from your program’s admission committee will provide information about how to order the background check and how to pay for it. Generally, background checks should be completed at least one month before the beginning of your first semester.
If results of the background check are deemed favorable, the offer of admission will be considered final if all other admission requirements have been fulfilled. However, if results are not favorable the offer of admission may be rescinded.
Generally, felonies and some misdemeanors will prevent an applicant from being admitted to Allied Health Sciences programs. “Minor” misdemeanors such as isolated driving violations will not prevent admission but repeated misdemeanors may.
Scope of Background Checks
Background checks include the following and cover the past seven years:
- Social Security Number verification
- Criminal search, including felonies, Class A, Class B, and Class C misdemeanors (7 years)
- Violent Sexual Offender and Predator Registry search
- Office of the Inspector General (OIG) List of Excluded Individuals/Entities
- General Services Administration (GSA) List of Parties Excluded from Federal Programs
- U.S. Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), List of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN)
- Applicable State Exclusion List
When possible, students with significant findings from a background check will be referred to their professional licensing board to obtain clearance. The School of Allied Health Sciences will concur with the licensing board’s decision. If the professional licensing board does not review significant findings, a review panel appointed by the dean will review the findings and recommend to the Committee on Allied Health Studies whether the student should be allowed to matriculate into the program or participate in clinical education experiences.
