VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #R003

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Policy Order No: R003 Effective Date: January 2, 2003 Revised:

February 1, 2012; October 28, 2013

Signature on File __________________________ Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, D.O. Provost, Dean and Executive Vice President

Signature on File __________________________ James F. Wolfe, Ph.D., President __________________________________________________________________________________________

Policy and Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Scientific Misconduct __________________________________________________________________________________________

1. INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................2 1.1. P OLICY ..........................................................................................................................................................2 1.2. S COPE ............................................................................................................................................................3

2. DEFINITIONS....................................................................................................................................................3

3. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES...............................................................................................................4 3.1. I NSTITUTIONAL I NTEGRITY O FFICER ............................................................................................................4 3.2. A CCUSER .......................................................................................................................................................4 3.3. R ESPONDENT .................................................................................................................................................5 3.4. D ECIDING O FFICIALS ....................................................................................................................................5 4. GENERAL POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES....................................................................................................5 4.1. R ESPONSIBILITY TO R EPORT M ISCONDUCT ..................................................................................................5 4.2. P ROTECTING THE A CCUSER ..........................................................................................................................5 4.3. P ROTECTING THE R ESPONDENT ....................................................................................................................6 4.4. C OOPERATION WITH I NQUIRIES AND I NVESTIGATIONS ................................................................................6 4.5. P RELIMINARY A SSESSMENT OF A LLEGATIONS ............................................................................................6 5. CONDUCTING THE INQUIRY ......................................................................................................................6 5.1. I NITIATION AND P URPOSE OF THE I NQUIRY ..................................................................................................6 5.2. S EQUESTRATION OF THE R ESEARCH R ECORDS ............................................................................................6 5.3. A PPOINTMENT OF THE I NQUIRY C OMMITTEE ...............................................................................................6 5.4. C HARGE TO THE C OMMITTEE AND THE F IRST M EETING ..............................................................................7 5.5. I NQUIRY P ROCESS .........................................................................................................................................7 6. THE INQUIRY REPORT..................................................................................................................................7 6.1. E LEMENTS OF THE I NQUIRY R EPORT ............................................................................................................7 6.2. C OMMENTS ON THE D RAFT R EPORT BY THE R ESPONDENT AND THE A CCUSER ..........................................7 6.3. I NQUIRY D ECISION AND N OTIFICATION ........................................................................................................8 6.4. T IME L IMIT FOR C OMPLETING THE I NQUIRY R EPORT ..................................................................................8

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