Title IX Safety and Security Report
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2021 Heritage Valley Kennedy School of Nursing Annual Safety and Security Report Title IX (A review of 2020) Valerie Gaydosh Heritage Valley Kennedy 1/1/2021 I. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Campus Safety and Security / Cleary Act Title IX II. The Campus: Heritage Valley Kennedy School of Nursing ................................................................... 2 III. Campus Safety and Security / Cleary Act and Title IX Personnel ......................................................... 3 IV. Reporting Occurrences /Emergency Alert System ................................................................................. 4 V. Fire Safety .............................................................................................................................................. 6 VI. Title IX Coordinator ............................................................................................................................... 6 VII. School and Governing Agency Policies ................................................................................................. 6 Ohio Valley Hospital .............................................................................................................................. 6 A. Emergency Plan: Incident Command ............................................................................................. 6 1. Evacuation 2. External Evacuation B. Fire, School of Nursing – Institutional Response ........................................................................... 9 C. Missing Persons ........................................................................................................................... 10 D. Violent or Potentially Violent Situations ..................................................................................... 12 Heritage Valley Health System Policies ................................................................................................ 14 E. HVHS Nondiscrimination Policy ................................................................................................. 14 F. Workplace Harassment (HR 102) ............................................................................................... 15 G. Code of Ethics (1.01) .................................................................................................................. 16 H. Regulatory Compliance Code of Conduct (1.22) ......................................................................... 17 I. Organizational Behaviors – Code of Conduct (1.47) .................................................................. 19 J. Weapons (3.03) ............................................................................................................................ 21 K. Authority of Safety Officer (3.16) ................................................................................................ 22 L. Workplace Violence Prevention (3.21) ........................................................................................ 22 Training ................................................................................................................................................... 23 M. Incident Response (3.23) .............................................................................................................. 24 N. Internal Fire Response Drill (Code Red) (3.25) ........................................................................... 24 O. Bomb Threat Procedure (Code Green) (3.29) .............................................................................. 26 P. Active Shooter / Armed Assailant (3.41) ..................................................................................... 27 Q. Non-discrimination (5.03) ............................................................................................................ 30 R. Victims of Suspected Abuse or Neglect (Domestic Abuse) (5.06) ............................................. 31 School of Nursing Guidebook Policies ................................................................................................... 33 S. Substance Abuse .......................................................................................................................... 33 T. Notice Of Nondiscrimination ...................................................................................................... 35 U. Campus Crime And Security Policies ......................................................................................... 35 V. Fire Safety ................................................................................................................................... 35 W. Reporting Criminal Actions And/or Emergencies ....................................................................... 36 X. Safety And Security ..................................................................................................................... 36 Y. Sexual Harassment ....................................................................................................................... 36 VIII. Education for staff and students ........................................................................................................... 36 IX. There (3) Years of Clery Act Statistics ................................................................................................ 37 X. Definitions ............................................................................................................................................ 38 XI. Quick references resources ................................................................................................................... 41 XII. Reference .............................................................................................................................................. 41 1 I. INTRODUCTION The Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 was enacted by the U.S. Department of Education for any postsecondary education entity that receives Title IV (federal financial aid) funding. The Act functions to advance the goals of education institutions to provide a safe environment in which to learn, and to keep students, parents, and the public well informed about campus security. The Act, generally referred to as the Clery Act (named after a Lehigh University student who was a victim of violent campus crime in 1986) requires each Title IV institution to report annually a compilation of campus crime statistics covering a three-year period. These statistics are recorded via a web-based data collection tool and are available to the public at: https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/. Along with the annual online report of campus crime statistics, the Cleary Act expanded the original Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act to include the disclosure of educational programming, campus disciplinary processes, and victim rights regarding sexual violence complaints. In 2013, the Cleary Act expanded to include the Campus SaVE Act (sexual violence elimination), which broadened the disclosure and education to include all incidences of sexual violence. The annual disclosure required by the Clery Act is produced yearly by Title IV institutions and must be distributed to the organization. It is to be available on the institution’s website and upon verbal request. These documents range in title from Annual Safety and Security Report, to Cleary Act Reports, to Title IX Reports, as the documents have come to include anti-discriminatory policies required of Title IX. Title IX, or the educational Amendment of 1972, prohibits discrimination in any educational program or activity receiving federal financial support. The Heritage Valley Kennedy School of Nursing Annual Safety and Security Report for 2020 is a review of the policies and programs in place in 2019. 2019 was a year of transition for Heritage Valley Kennedy School of Nursing, entering the year as Ohio Valley Hospital (OVH) School of Nursing and undergoing the final stages of integration into the Heritage Valley Health System (HVHS). As of July 1, 2020, Ohio Valley Hospital School of Nursing formally became Heritage Valley Kennedy School of Nursing, however, the complete transition of policies and procedures continues into 2021. The following report represents this transition with a combination of HVHS and OVH policies and processes. II. THE CAMPUS: HERITAGE VALLEY KENNEDY SCHOOL OF NURSING The Heritage Valley Kennedy School of Nursing (HVK SON) is a non-profit hospital associated nursing school established in 1901 as part of the original McKees Rocks General Hospital and functioned for over 100 years as part of the Ohio Valley General Hospital. In July of 2020, it became part of the Heritage Valley Health System (HVHS), maintaining its Kennedy Township location along with its governing hospital, renamed Heritage Valley Kennedy (HVK). The School of Nursing offers a 20-month, ACEN accredited, State approved, Diploma program. The school is located approximately seven miles northwest of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the town of McKees Rocks, Kennedy Township. The Campus Safety and Security / Cleary Act requires defining the three areas of campus: on campus, public property, and non-campus buildings or properties for the purpose of annual crime statistic reports. Those areas are: On Campus: The W. Laird Davis Center of Learning (School of Nursing) Heritage Valley Kennedy Hospital Sidewalks around