Old Dominion University

Board of 访问ors Policy

1706 Grounds for Dismissal of EVMS 教师

Date of Current Revision or Creation:

2023年6月16日

The appointment of tenured and non-tenured EVMS 教师 may be revoked and terminated and the faculty member dismissed from the faculty during the term of their appointment for any one of the following reasons or grounds. This Policy only applies to "EVMS 教师" defined as Full-Time 教师 or Part-Time 教师, or Community 教师 (as defined in the 政策 and 程序 Relating to 教师 Appointment, Promotion and Tenure of EVMS 教师), who provide clinical, 教学, RESEARCH, or administrative services, whether paid or unpaid, in the EVMS School of Medicine ("SOM") and/or EVMS School of 健康 Professions ("SHP"). All references to "faculty" herein mean EVMS 教师 as defined in this policy.

Dismissal for "Just Cause"

Adequate cause for a dismissal will be related, directly and substantially, to the fitness of the EVMS 教师 member in their professional capacity as a teacher, RESEARCH员, or provider of patient care. Dismissal will not be used to restrain the faculty member in the exercise of academic freedom or other rights of an American citizen.

EVMS 教师 members holding tenured or non-tenured faculty appointments may be dismissed during the term of their appointment for "Just Cause" only after a hearing conducted by their Department Chair of the SOM or Dean of the SHP with a right of appeal through the EVMS 教师 grievance process. "Just Cause" is defined as any act or patterns of behavior considered to be seriously detrimental to the interests of ODU, the SOM or the SHP, 她的老师, 学生, or its employees, 包括, but not limited to, 以下几点:

1. 玩忽职守, 包括, but not limited to, serious violation of faculty 规则 for governance or corporate by-laws, 规则, 法规.

2. Violation of generally accepted standards of professional ethics.

3. Material breach of the EVMS 教师 member's employment agreement.

4. Conviction of a crime deemed to render the faculty member unfit to carry out their professional activities.

5. Professional incompetence.

6. Refusal to perform legitimate work assigned by the faculty member's supervisor, Department Chair of the SOM or Dean of the SHP.