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III. Honor
Court
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Jurisdiction:
The Jurisdiction of the Honor Court shall be limited to violations of
the Honor Code by students in the School of Medicine. This shall include all
clinical, research, and classroom affairs.
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Composition:
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Members:
The court shall consist of five members from each class, with Freshman
members joining during their fall semester (November). In addition, two
faculty members shall serve as voting members of court. These faculty
members shall be appointed by the Faculty Senate from the nominations
submitted by the student members of the Honor Court. New nominations shall
be submitted annually following the election of the new officers of the
court at a meeting of the student
members of the court.
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President:
The president shall direct the proceedings of the Honor Court and file a
record of such proceedings with the office of the Dean, as subsequently
directed herein, until a new court assumes its duties. The outgoing
president shall preside at the initial meeting of the new court, which
shall elect its president as the first order of business. The president-elect shall assume his office at the conclusion of
that meeting.
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Vice President: The vice-president shall advise the president and
shall assist him in matters requiring the attention of the Court as
described herein. The
vice-president shall assume the office of President should the president
become unable to discharge his appointed duties.
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Secretary:
The secretary shall record and distribute the minutes of Honor Court
meetings and shall maintain a current list of members and their contact
information. In addition, the
secretary shall keep a record of all further proceedings of the court and
provide it for the president’s review.
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Election
of Members:
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Members
of the Honor Court shall be elected from the Freshman class in the fall
semester of each year.
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The President of the Honor Court shall
communicate with the President of the Freshman Class at the beginning of the
fall semester, in order to select a date for a class meeting for the
purpose of nominating and electing the members of the Honor Court.
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The President of the Freshman Class
shall notify the members of his class of the proposed date of the election
not later than one week prior to that date.
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The
nomination and election of members of the Honor Court shall be conducted
by the officers of the Freshman
Class. However, the President of the Honor Court shall attend the election
meeting in order to answer questions.
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Term of Service: Each member of the Honor Court shall serve during
good behavior, so long as he continues to be a student in the School of
Medicine.
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Replacement of Members: Seniors who
graduate early shall not be
replaced, but should other members be lost from the court for any reason,
they shall be replaced by election from the appropriate class.
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Meetings of the Honor Court:
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The
Honor Court shall meet at the call
of the President but in no event shall meetings be conducted less
frequently than one time each
academic semester exclusive of the summer semester.
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A
quorum for the purpose of regular business shall consist of not less than
1/2 of the voting members.
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Each
new court shall assume office and conduct its initial meeting not later
than the second Thursday in December.
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