Moberly Area Community College Associate Degree Nursing Program Student Handbook 2026-2027

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Clinical Practice

Students are assigned to perform clinical practicums, negotiated through Moberly Area Community College, in a variety of healthcare settings. Should students fail the required background screenings, the students will be unable to complete the clinical component of their educational process. Consequently, they will be unable to complete the Associate Degree in Nursing Program at Moberly Area Community College.

Positive Criminal Background Checks and Urine Drug Screen Reporting

If the Health Sciences Division at Moberly Area Community College has any student with a positive Criminal Background Check and or Urine Drug Screen, the following reporting system will be utilized to report the results to clinical sites and to students.

  1. All Health Sciences students must sign the “Release of Information” form so this information may be released to the clinical facilities. A copy of this form will be in the student’s file in the appropriate Health Sciences office.

  2. If a positive urine drug screen is found on any Health Sciences student, the student must provide the program with a copy of the prescription verifying the medication prescribed and a written letter from the physician who prescribed the medication verifying why the student is taking the medication. This documentation must be kept for the student’s file.

  3. If no prescription and/or letter from the physician is obtained by the student, or an illegal drug is found in their urine drug screen, a student will be immediately dismissed from the program in which they are enrolled.

  4. For positive criminal background checks and urine drug screens, documentation will be submitted to the appropriate clinical sites stating the student’s name and what the current issue is at the beginning of each semester.

  5. A letter will be written and a copy provided to the student notifying him/her of the positive results. The student will also be notified if any of the clinical sites deny him/her clinical privileges. The student will be dismissed from the program in which they are enrolled at any time if admission to a clinical site is denied.

  6. The appropriate Health Sciences admissions committee may accept or decline any student who has a positive criminal background check prior to the beginning of the program. If a crime is committed during the time in which the student is enrolled, the situation will be evaluated by the Director of Nursing and the Dean of Health Sciences.

  7. Moberly Area Community College reserves the right, at the student’s expense, to drug or alcohol test any student enrolled in MACC Health Sciences programs. Students refusing to abide by this policy will be immediately dismissed from the program in which they are enrolled.

  8. A dilute urine drug specimen is not acceptable and will require retesting.

  9. A urine drug screen will need to be done on admission and as required by clinical sites at the student’s expense.

  10. For health sciences programs, federal law prohibits clinical sites from accepting students who test positive for marijuana for recreational or medicinal purposes.

  11. Students must immediately notify instructor(s) when placed on a new medication that can result in a positive drug screen.