Surgical Technology Student Work Policy and Procedure

As specified in the East Central Community College Surgical Technology Handbook and the East Central Community College Catalog, all student activities associated with the curriculum, especially while students are completing his or her clinical rotations, will be educational in nature. Students will not be receiving any monetary remuneration during this educational experience, nor will he or she be substituted for hired staff personnel within the clinical institution, in the capacity of a surgical technologist. Students who work at a clinical institution must work after clinical hours only, and students must be pre-approved to work by the surgical technology instructors and their employer (hospital, etc.). Students are under the supervision of East Central Community College surgical technology instructors during clinical hours, 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. After 3 p.m. students working are under the supervision of the clinical institution.