SERVICE TO THOSE WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES

It is the policy of the University of Maryland Baltimore to provide education and training to students for the purpose of providing care and service to all persons. The institution will employ appropriate precautions to protect providers in a manner meeting the patients’ or clients’ requirements while also protecting the interest of students and faculty members participating in the provision of such care or service.

No student will be permitted to refuse to provide care or service to any assigned person in the absence of special circumstances placing the student at increased risk for an infectious disease.

 Any student who refuses to treat or serve an assigned person without prior consent of the school involved will be subject to penalties under appropriate academic procedures, such penalties to include suspension or dismissal.