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- Unpaid Visitor (Non-Undergraduate Student) Procedures and Policy
- Volunteer/Guest – MINORS
- Policy – Undergraduate Student Volunteer 2019
- Volunteer Service Agreement – Undergraduate Research Volunteers
IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING ALL VISITORS/VOLUNTEERS: Due to liability and risk concerns, the University does not allow individuals to volunteer or work in an unpaid status in any facility without a signed release AND background check. Please refer to the information below BEFORE allowing any external individual access to facilities, including labs, and/or IT resources.
Unpaid Visitors
Please refer to the SOP for approvals and processing of unpaid visitors to the College of Veterinary Medicine.
For Undergraduate Students in laboratory experience, please refer to the below Undergraduate Student Volunteer Process.
Undergraduate Student Volunteers Process
Volunteers provide valuable assistance to the college. Their service is not meant to replace existing employees but instead to supplement the work of compensated staff and/or faculty. Volunteers should not be put into positions which require complex decision making nor should they be given access to sensitive information, keys, or given computer access, unless approved by a department chair/director.
Volunteers are defined as individuals who wish to provide services to the University and College of Veterinary Medicine as an uncompensated employee, that is, they wish not to be paid for services rendered and are ineligible to obtain coverage under the university’s benefits programs including disability and/or workers’ compensation programs.
Procedures
- Employees seeking individuals for volunteer opportunities must obtain approval from their department chair prior to offering the volunteer assignment to any individual.
- The Volunteer Release must be signed by the supervisor providing oversight to the volunteer and the department chair/director.
- Volunteers will not be entered into the HR System nor will they be eligible to receive compensation of any sort.
- Volunteers should not be assigned university property such as keys or equipment unless necessary for the type of work to be performed and then only with the approval of the department Chair or Director.