Code of Penalties

REGULATIONS OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

1.007 Code of Penalties.

(1)     The following constitutes a uniform code of penalties for violation of University of Florida rules which the President or the President’s designee is authorized to impose on students, Academic Personnel (AP), Technical, Executive, Administrative and Managerial Support (TEAMS), and University Support Personnel System (USPS) personnel (hereinafter “employees”):

(a)     Penalties for violation of standards of academic honesty, such as plagiarism, cheating, and other activities which interfere with the educational mission of the University, range from counseling to expulsion in the case of students or oral reprimand to termination in the case of employees.

(b)     Penalties for failure to pay debts owed the University range from the assessment of a penalty fee to withholding of official records or benefits for both students and employees.

(c)     Penalties for violation of standards of conduct range from counseling to expulsion in the case of students, or oral reprimand to termination in the case of employees.

(d)     Penalties for violation of employment contracts range from oral reprimand to termination.

(e)     Penalties for falsification of records range from oral reprimand to expulsion or revocation of degrees in the case of students and former students, or from oral reprimand to termination in the case of employees.

(2)     These remedies are not exclusive of other remedies provided under law.

Authority: BOG Regulation 1.001.

History: New 4-25-80, Formerly 6Cl-7.46, Amended 3-25-85, Formerly 6C1-1.07, Amended 3-2-87, 3-12-03. Formerly 6C1-1.007, Amended 3-23-18.