Policy Statements
The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT):
| 90.501 | defines sexual harassment as any unwelcome communication of a sexual nature, whether verbal, physical, written or pictorial. |
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| 90.502 | does not condone any form of sexual harassment. |
| 90.503 | requires each site visitor/apprentice to conduct themselves in an appropriate manner as to contribute to an environment free of sexual harassment when performing on-site evaluations for the JRCERT. |
| 90.504 | expects site visitors/apprentices to be treated with respect and dignity by the site visit team and sponsor and program officials during the performance of an on-site evaluation. |
| 90.505 | encourages site visitors/apprentices to express freely, responsibly and in a timely manner their opinions and feelings about any problem or complaint of sexual harassment to the Board of Directors or Executive Staff. |
| 90.506 | considers that any act by a site visitor/apprentice, sponsor or program official, JRCERT Director or JRCERT employee of reprisal, interference, restraint, penalty, discrimination, coercion or harassment, either overtly or covertly, against any site visitor/apprentice for responsibly using this policy and its procedures interferes with free expression and openness. |
Procedures
The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT):
| 90.502A | takes immediate steps to deal appropriately with any allegation of sexual harassment in a confidential manner through timely mediation, education, negotiation and corrective action. |
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| 90.505A | makes every reasonable effort to resolve complaints of alleged harassment. |
| 90.505B | considers the record as a whole and the totality of the circumstances, such as the nature of the alleged conduct and the context in which the alleged conduct occurred, in determining whether the alleged conduct constitutes sexual harassment. |
| 90.505C | considers allegations found to have been frivolous, intentionally dishonest or made in willful disregard of the truth by a site visitor/apprentice as grounds for disciplinary action up to and including dismissal of the site visitor/apprentice. |
Adopted by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology: 04/04
Editorial Revision: 04/19