Rule 3349-10-80 | Minors on campus.
(A) Purpose
To establish a rule for managing minors on the university campus.
(B) Scope
This rule covers all minors, both supervised and unsupervised, who may be present on the university campus.
(C) Definitions
(1) "Minors" refers to persons under the age of eighteen, with the exception of university students that are enrolled at the university.
(2) "Laboratory Areas" refers to the following areas: the research and graduate educational building, multi disciplinary teaching laboratories and gross anatomy laboratory areas of B building; all basic medical sciences laboratories in C D, E and F buildings; and all restricted access areas in the comparative medicine unit.
(3) "University Campus" refers to the Rootstown campus, any on-campus residences and any non-campus university-owned buildings or property
(D) Rule statement
(1) Supervised minors on the university campus.
(a) Minors are permitted in all non-laboratory areas of the university campus when accompanied by an adult. Minors are not permitted in the laboratory areas unless prior written approval has been provided by the department head in advance of the minor's visit and the requisite supervision will be in place during the visit.
(b) Minor children of university students are not permitted to attend class with their parents. If a minor child is brought to campus or a location where university students are receiving instruction, the child must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
(c) Minor children of university employees are not permitted to attend work with their parent unless the employee has obtained prior approval in advance from his/her direct supervisor. Supervisors may not permit minor children of employees to attend work with their parent on a daily or ongoing basis. Minor children permitted to attend work with their parent must be directly supervised by the parent while on the university campus and may not disrupt the routine activities of the university.
(d) Minors ages sixteen to eighteen years old may work on the university campus provided their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) complete the necessary paperwork with human resources allowing them to do so.
(e) Minors who are on campus in conjunction with various university programs including educational workshops or conferences, academic camps, pre-enrollment visits must be supervised by an adult at all times.
(f) Students enrolled in the bio-med science academy that are minors must be supervised by a teacher or member of the bio-med science academy's staff at all times while on the university campus. All teachers or staff members of the bio-med science academy who are engaged in the supervision of students on the university campus must have a criminal background check on file with human resources prior to engaging in student supervision.
(g) Bio-med science academy students that are engaged in long-term educational experience (as defined by rule 3349-10-41 of the Administrative Code) may be provided with campus access and permitted to move about campus unsupervised after obtaining the proper approvals to do so. Campus access will be terminated if the student is found to have misused or abused his/her access privileges.
(2) Unsupervised minors on the university campus.
For their safety and welfare, any unsupervised minor found on the university campus will be escorted to the campus security office and the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) will be contacted to pick them up immediately.
(3) This rule does not apply to general events held on the university campus that are open to public.
(4) The board of trustees authorized the administration to establish and implement the specific procedures for regulating the presence of minors on the Rootstown campus and to modify these procedures as necessary to carry out this rule without further ratification or action required by the board of trustees.
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