Or. Admin. Code § 259-012-0010 - [Effective until 5/2/2025] Standards of Student Conduct

(1) Students attending mandated training courses at the Academy must adhere to the following standards of conduct:

(a) Students must comply with any Department rule or policy; and

(b) Students are prohibited from engaging in the following conduct:

(A) Harassment. Harassment includes verbal or physical actions addressing sex, race, gender, religion or a person's characteristics that could be reasonably construed to demean, target or harm another person, group of persons or a person's employer. Harassment also includes sexual harassment, bullying or hazing;

(B) Discrimination. Discrimination includes conduct that could be reasonably construed to be unfair treatment of another person because of the that person's actual or perceived race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, medical or physical condition or disability;

(C) Cheating. Cheating includes:

(i) Actual, intended, or attempted deception or dishonest action by a student in relation to the completion of an exam or assessment or the administration or documentation of any training, testing or certification;

(ii) Knowledge of actual, intended, or attempted deception or dishonest action by a student in relation to the completion of an exam or assessment or the administration or documentation of any training, testing or certification when that knowledge is not disclosed to the Department or withheld during an investigation;

(iii) Plagiarism; or

(iv) Sharing class content with another class. Sharing class content means the passing of any academic information regarding course content, testing methodology, or scenario plots by any student to a member of any other class.

(D) Conduct that would constitute a criminal offense;

(E) Intoxication or any level of measurable blood alcohol content (BAC) while participating in any portion of a mandated training course;

(F) Personal use or possession of alcohol, marijuana or illicit drugs on the OPSA campus; or

(G) Intimate physical contact of a sexual nature while on Academy property.

(2) Any violation of the standards of conduct defined in section (1) of this rule may result in dismissal from the Academy pursuant to OAR 259-012-0035.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 259-012-0010

PS 1-1983, f. & ef. 12-15-83; PS 1-1985, f. & ef. 4-24-85; PS 1-1990, f. & cert. ef. 2-7-90; PS 2-1995, f. & cert. ef. 9-27-95; PS 10-1997(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 11-5-97; Reverted to PS 2-1995, f. & cert. ef. 9-27-95; Reverted to PS 2-1995, f. & cert. ef. 9-27-95; BPSST 2-1998(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 5-6-98 thru 6-30-98; BPSST 1-1998, f. & cert. ef. 5-6-98; BPSST 3-1998, f. & cert. ef. 6-30-98; BPSST 6-2001, f. & cert. ef. 8-22-01; DPSST 8-2006(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 6-9-06 thru 12-1-06; DPSST 17-2006, f. & cert. ef. 11-20-06; DPSST 50-2018, amend filed 06/22/2018, effective 6/22/2018; DPSST 14-2019, amend filed 12/16/2019, effective 12/16/2019; DPSST 9-2024, temporary amend filed 10/24/2024, effective 11/4/2024 through 5/2/2025

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 181A.410

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 181A.410