Academic Integrity

Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences expects students to exhibit high levels of integrity in all activities. FHCHS reserves the right to deny admission to or remove students from the College or any academic program if they have a record of misconduct or demonstrate behavior that would jeopardize their professional performance.

Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to the following:

  • Falsifying official documents or misrepresenting academic qualifications
  • Cheating on an assignment or examination
  • Using materials during a quiz or examination other than those specifically permitted by the instructor
  • Stealing, accepting, or studying from stolen quizzes or examination materials
  • Plagiarism
  • Forgery of signatures
  • Falsifying data
  • Falsifying clinical records
  • Misusing materials which belong to FHCHS
  • Unauthorized access to the FHCHS computer network including its hardware, software, and data
  • Violating copyright and licensing agreements by making illegal copies of copyrighted material and/or licensed materials by using College equipment. These include but are not limited to the following:
  • Copying computer software
  • Copying music recordings or printed materials
  • Using unauthorized copies of such materials