Criminal Background Checks

Effective Immediately!!

Criminal Background Check

Successful completion of a criminal background check is required for admission and continuation in all Health Sciences Programs. The background checks will include a seven year multicounty felony and related misdemeanor criminal record search and TWO standard employment history references search.

The following histories will disqualify an individual from consideration for admission because the student would not be eligible for clinical placement: (this includes, but is not limited to):

• Registered sex offenders
• Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General list of excluded individuals, U.S. General Services Administration excluded parties list, Employee Misconduct Registry, U.S. Treasury - Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) List of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN), Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TX HHSC), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Exclusion List.
• Felony convictions
• Felony deferred adjudications involving crimes against persons (physical or sexual abuse)
• Known or observed abuse or neglect of patients/clients/customers.
• Observed or proven theft
• Convictions of violent acts (misdemeanor or felony)
• Misapplication of fiduciary property or property of a financial institution (Class A misdemeanor or felony)
• Securing execution of a document by deception (Class A misdemeanor or felony)
• Violence in the workplace.
• Ineligibility for rehire

For students accepted to a clinical program with access to a licensing/registry body review process:

• If an individual does not meet one or more of the aforementioned standards, she/he may pursue a declaratory order process with her/his licensing/registry body. If the licensing/registry body approves the individual to take the licensing/credentialing exam, the individual may participate in the clinical rotation.

For complete details go to the Health Sciences webpage at www.austincc.edu/health