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Policy 402
== Introduction ==
===  Purpose ===  
The purpose is this policy is to establish the conditions and procedures for responding to students who have attempted suicide or other life-threatening behaviors, to insure medical response when an attempted suicide occurs and to establish procedures for their reinstatement to the University.

== Scope ==


== Definitions  ==

=== Administrative Health Officer ===
The person designated by the University to perform the duties specified in this policy ( see Admpol 25 ).

=== Administrative Withdrawal ===
An administrative action which involuntarily removes a student from the University with the stipulation that reinstatement is conditioned on the student meeting stated criteria.

=== Attempted Suicide === 
The act of attempting to take one's own life.

=== Life-Threatening Behaviors ===
A clinical diagnosis of a behavior pattern that, if continued, is likely to result in death (e.g., anorexia nervosa).

=== Threat of Harm ===
A condition which would lead the Administrative Health Officer to conclude that a person's behavior or a predisposition to act out behavior is likely to cause harm to the person or others.

== Policy and Procedure Statements  ==

=== Example policy 1 ===


=== Example policy 2 ===


== Additional References ==

== Authority ==


== Contact Information ==


== Effective Date ==

== Revision Dates ==