saminalham
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What is the name of your state? Tennessee
I have been enrolled in an allied health program for 1 year. It took me one year before that to finish my prereq's to get into the program. I am looking forward to finishing my final year. Just a couple of weeks ago, our instructor informed us that we must pay for and provide our own criminal and otherwise background checks in order to stay in the program. Also, any misdemeanor of any kind will disqualify us, and we will be removed. I have spent 2 years and 20,000 bucks on this. There are several others in the class that have the same problem as me-misdemeanor traffic violations. (implied consent) There was NOTHING stated about background checks in the process of applying for, or being accepted in this program. This particular misdemeanor, according to ARRT, does not necessarily prevent me from licensure, nor will it necessarily prevent me from employment. That will depend on the individual institution from which I seek employment. Most of my frustration stems from the fact that we are already halfway through the program, and just now being informed of this. If I had known previously, I could have seeked another field, or dropped out. You get the idea. I am just not sure if those of us who have misdemeanors have any recourse-particularly with financial obligations for student loans. Shouldn't I be able to get that money refunded to the company processing the loan, because the background checks were not stipulated during the application process into the program? None of us have drug, abuse convictions, and just think this is unfair. We want to finish the program and leave the employment hunt up to us. Oh, I should have mentioned earlier and apologize, but this program does require us to perform functions as students in local hospitals through clinical instruction.
Thank you!!
Saminalham
I have been enrolled in an allied health program for 1 year. It took me one year before that to finish my prereq's to get into the program. I am looking forward to finishing my final year. Just a couple of weeks ago, our instructor informed us that we must pay for and provide our own criminal and otherwise background checks in order to stay in the program. Also, any misdemeanor of any kind will disqualify us, and we will be removed. I have spent 2 years and 20,000 bucks on this. There are several others in the class that have the same problem as me-misdemeanor traffic violations. (implied consent) There was NOTHING stated about background checks in the process of applying for, or being accepted in this program. This particular misdemeanor, according to ARRT, does not necessarily prevent me from licensure, nor will it necessarily prevent me from employment. That will depend on the individual institution from which I seek employment. Most of my frustration stems from the fact that we are already halfway through the program, and just now being informed of this. If I had known previously, I could have seeked another field, or dropped out. You get the idea. I am just not sure if those of us who have misdemeanors have any recourse-particularly with financial obligations for student loans. Shouldn't I be able to get that money refunded to the company processing the loan, because the background checks were not stipulated during the application process into the program? None of us have drug, abuse convictions, and just think this is unfair. We want to finish the program and leave the employment hunt up to us. Oh, I should have mentioned earlier and apologize, but this program does require us to perform functions as students in local hospitals through clinical instruction.
Thank you!!
Saminalham