DATE: November 4, 2012

TO: Sheldon Pollack,

Faculty Senate President

Karren Helsel-Spry

Senior Administrative Asst.

FROM: Mark S. Parcells

Chair, Faculty Senate Student Life Committee

RE: Student Medical Amnesty Protocol

Dear Sheldon,

This memo is to inform you of the meeting with Deni Galileo and to provide the Faculty Senate Executive Committee with notification of the Medical Amnesty Protocol. Deni Galileo met with our committee, Michael Gilbert and Kathryn Goldman in May regarding his concern that the University’s Medical Amnesty protocol had not been ratified by the Faculty Senate. It was our understanding that every protocol in the Code of Student Conduct did not require a full vote by the Faculty Senate and that at our discretion (Student Life Committee), minor changes in the wording or mechanism of implementation of a policy would require notification of the Executive Committee as an information item.

To this effect, we are providing to the Executive Committee notification of the Student Medical Amnesty Protocol as an information item. We leave it to your discretion as to whether you feel this warrants discussion and a vote by the full Faculty Senate.

From the Open Letter within the Code of Student conduct: http://www.udel.edu/stuguide/12-13/letter.html

Because the University cares about the safety and well-being of its students and wants to encourage students to make an active and immediate call for help for any individual they may encounter who could be suffering from an acute, potentially life-threatening reaction to alcohol or drugs, a medical amnesty protocol for students does exist. Essentially, if an active call for help is made and it is determined that amnesty does apply, disciplinary sanctions regarding the underage use of alcohol will be waived and participation in educational interventions will be required for both the student requiring the medical assistance and the student or students placing the active call for help. For more specific information regarding this protocol and how to apply for amnesty, please see www.udel.edu/amnesty/.

Protocol Description:

“Medical Amnesty/Good Samaritan Protocol (from http://www.udel.edu/amnesty/)

Student health and safety are of primary concern at the University of Delaware. As such, in cases of intoxication and/or alcohol poisoning, the University encourages individuals to seek medical assistance for themselves or others. If an individual seeks medical attention due to his/her level of intoxication which reasonably appears to create serious and immediate risk to the individual, the Office of Student Conduct may not pursue disciplinary sanctions against the student for violations of the Alcohol Policy of the Code of Conduct. Additionally, those students who assist in obtaining medical attention for individuals who are intoxicated will not receive disciplinary sanctions for violations of the Alcohol Policy of the Code of Conduct.

In lieu of disciplinary sanctions under the Student Code of Conduct, the intoxicated student (and possibly the referring student) will be required to meet with the Director of the Office of Student Conduct or her designee, who may issue educational requirements such as alcohol education and/or an alcohol and substance abuse assessment. Serious or repeated incidents will prompt a higher degree of concern and response. Failure to complete educational assignments or treatment recommendations issued under this policy normally will result in disciplinary action. The student will be responsible for any costs associated with alcohol education interventions. In most cases, a letter will be sent home to the student’s parents or legal guardian.

Medical Amnesty does not preclude disciplinary sanctions due to any other violations of the Code of Conduct (not related to the Alcohol Policy). Likewise, Medical Amnesty does not prevent action by Newark police or other law enforcement personnel.”