OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENTS Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi
1. For all such offences that occur in the college or hospital premises or in the college hostels, the Principal, may at his discretion refer the case to the college disciplinary committee, which shall be appointed by academic council from time to time. This disciplinary committee, shall have the power to interview any student or students or any member of the staff or any member of public and is empowered to send its recommendations to the Principal, who may or may not seek the ratification of these recommendations by the academic council.
2. College disciplinary committee will consist of 2-4 professor/senior associate professors of the college.
3. After considering the recommendations of the college disciplinary committee, disciplinary action by the Principal, of the college against the students committing an offence might take one or more of the following forms depending upon severity of the offences:
(i). The students may be asked to tender an apology, verbal or written. This shall be placed on the student's record.
(ii). A student may be placed on probation for a period upto one year. If during the period of probation he fails to improve his conduct, he may be expelled from College.
(iii). A student may be fined up to Rs. 1000.
(iv). Scholarship may be suspended, or stopped.
(v). A student may be suspended from the college rolls for a period not exceeding two weeks at a time excluding the suspension if any not exceeding 10 days ordered by the Principal of the college, pending enquiry into the misconduct of the student.
(vi). The students may be expelled from the college for a maximum period of upto five years.
(vii). The student may be forcibly migrated to another medical college in Punjab.
4. Regulations relating to expulsion:-
(i) Expulsion whenever imposed on a college student shall mean the loss of five calendar years and will mean his/her being debarred from the university examination during the period of his/her expulsion.
(ii) A student expelled from a college shall not be readmitted before the expiry of the period of his expulsion.
(iii) Cases of expulsion shall be reported to the university by the Principal concerned for registration and notification.
5. A student shall continue to be under the disciplinary jurisdiction of the Principal of the college till the declaration of the result of final professional MBBS examination.
The students of the college shall not keep in their possession fire arms and other weapons of offence in the premises of the college, college hostels and attached hospitals. Disciplinary action shall be taken against the students found guilty of contravention of this rule.
The Principal is competent to remit fines and punishment imposed as fine.
The decision of the Principal in all cases shall be considered as final.
