University’s published financial refund requirements unless an authorized official determines otherwise. XIV. Harassment and Discrimination The NLU MSPAS Program prohibits discrimination, harassment, and other prohibited conduct covered by NLU policy or applicable law involving faculty, staff, administrators, clinical faculty, preceptors, clinical-site personnel, other students, patients or visitors when applicable, or other members of the educational community. Reports involving protected-class discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, or Title IX matters are referred to the appropriate NLU office (Anti - Discrimination Policy; incident - reporting/issue-resolution resources), and the MSPAS Program cooperates fully with
authorized University investigations. XV. Clinical Rotation Grievances
Students may encounter concerns involving clinical preceptors, faculty, patients, clinical staff, site conditions, evaluation, scheduling, professional conduct, discrimination, harassment, or other clinical matters, and should promptly report concerns to the appropriate clinical course director or Program Director. Immediate notification is required for concerns involving patient or student safety, harassment or discrimination, sexual misconduct, retaliation, professional misconduct, unsafe clinical conditions, scope- of-practice concerns, impairment, threats or violence, or conduct potentially requiring immediate removal from a clinical site. The Program may temporarily remove a student from a clinical site while a concern is evaluated; such interim action is not itself a finding of misconduct. XVI. Student Appeal Rights Students receive appeal rights when provided by the applicable NLU or MSPAS policy. An appeal should identif y the decision being appealed, the applicable policy, the specific basis for appeal, relevant evidence, the requested remedy, and any applicable deadline. Appeals are not granted solely because a student disagrees with a decision when the applicable policy does not provide a basis for appeal. XVII. Conflicts of Interest and Impartial Review A person shall not participate as the sole decision-maker in a grievance or appeal when that person is the subject of the complaint, has a direct personal interest in the outcome, has a significant conflict of interest, previously made the decision being a ppealed (and is not authorized to participate in the appeal), or otherwise presents a reasonable concern regarding impartiality. When appropriate, the Program Director may refer the matter to the
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