Effective Fall 2006 a background investigation must be completed prior to acceptance into a health program or course in the San Diego Nursing Service-Education Consortium including Palomar College.  The search will include the following:

• Criminal History Record Search

• Social Security Number Trace (residential history, year and State SSN issued)

• OIG/GSA - Medicare/Medicaid Excluded List

• Nationwide Sex Offender Registry

• 10-Panel Drug Screening

•  Please note that each semester students must be approved by their clinical site. Due to the strict requirements of the sites, students with any of the following situations may not be accepted by the clinical site and, therefore, will not be allowed to continue in the program:
  
     -Felony convictions of any kind
     -Drug related offenses
     -Conviction of abuse, battery, violence, hate crime, theft or dishonesty
     -History of repeated offenses
     -Active warrant for arrest
     -On probation of any kind

The background check procedure should not be initiated until advised by the Nursing Department.