Healthcare Education

Associate Degree
Nursing(RN)

Practical Nursing (LPN)

LPN to Bridge

Paramedic Technology (EMT)

Surgical Technology

Admission Requirements for all Healthcare Education Programs

Students applying for any Healthcare Education Program must meet all General Admission Requirements of the College. In addition to the general admission requirements, each program has specific requirements for admission.

Associate Degree Nursing, Practical Nursing, and Paramedic Technology applications must be submitted to the Office of Healthcare Education by May 1st of each year. Surgical Technology applications must be submitted by June 1st, Paramedic application must be submitted by July 15 and LPN to ADN Bridge Program applications must be submitted by November 15th of each year.

Post acceptance requirements for students selected for admission into any Healthcare Education Program are: ECCC Health Examination form (completed after acceptance prior to the beginning of class on EC Healthcare Education form), immunizations against measles, mumps, rubella (MMR, two immunizations), or rubella titer, Hepatitis B vaccine, or signed declination statement, TB skin test (2 step TB test required if not tested in previous year) and American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Course (completed in June, July or August of year of admission for ADN program).

All healthcare education students are required to submit to a criminal background check according to Mississippi law prior to any clinical experience. If the person has ever been convicted of a felony, or pleaded guilty to, or pleaded no contest to a felony of possession or sale of drugs, murder, manslaughter, armed robbery, rape, sexual battery, sex offence listed in Section 45-33-23 (f), child abuse, grand larceny, burglary, gratification of lust or aggravated assault, felonious abuse and/or battery of a vulnerable adult they may not be eligible to attend clinical experience, thus forfeiting their slot in the program.

Students enrolled in any healthcare education program must submit to random drug screening at any time during the program.

Students enrolled in any healthcare education program must carry professional liability insurance provided through the college.

The student is responsible for all expenses incurred with drug screening, liability insurance and criminal background check. These fees are attached as a lab fee to the student’s account in the college business office. Transportation costs to and from clinical sites will be at the student’s expense.

Accreditation

The Healthcare Education programs are accredited programs.

The Associate Degree Nursing program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning.

The EMT Paramedic program is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).

The Practical Nursing program is accredited by the Mississippi State Board of Community and Junior Colleges.

The Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs (CAAHEP) upon the recommendation of the Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA). Contact information for CAAHEP is 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, and phone number is (727) 210 2350 and fax is (727) 210 2354. Contact information for ARC/STSA is 6 West Dry Creek Circle, Suite 110, Littleton, CO 80120. Other contact information for the ARC/STSA is Phone (303) 694 9262, Fax (303) 741 3655.

East Central Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or qualified disability in its educational programs and activities, employment practices, or admissions processes. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies of East Central Community College: Inquiries regarding compliance with Title VI, ADEA, and Title IX is coordinated by Dr. Teresa Houston, Vice President for Instruction, Walter Arno Vincent Administration Building, Room 171, Post Office Box 129, Decatur, MS 39327, Phone: 601-635-6202, Fax: 601-635-4011, thouston@eccc.edu. Inquiries regarding compliance with Section 504 and ADA is coordinated by Dr. Randall Lee, Vice President of Student Services, Eddie M. Smith Student Union, Room 201, Post Office Box 129, Decatur, MS 39327, Phone: 601-635-6375, Fax: 601-635-3247, rlee@eccc.edu.