LEAVE OF ABSENCES
Students, who are unable to complete required courses or clerkships due to illness, hardship or special circumstances, must immediately contact the Office of Student Affairs. The student requesting temporary withdrawal must submit a letter outlining the reasons for the request to the Associate Dean for Education and the Chair of the ASC.
The Associate Dean for Student Affairs may approve short-term leave or withdrawal for periods of six weeks or less. Leave periods of time greater than six weeks requires review and approval of the ASC. All incomplete coursework must be completed by the time specified in the letter to the student sent by the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, acting either as the Associate Dean or as Chair of the ASC.
Leave of Absence - Academic
The ASC can place a student on academic leave of absence. Only the ASC can approve the return to registration from an academic leave of absence.
Leave of Absence - Disciplinary
Only the ASC can place a student on a disciplinary leave of absence, or approve the return of a student to registration from a disciplinary leave of absence. The ASC may consider requests to return from a disciplinary leave of absence only when the request is accompanied by the results of a mandatory psychiatric evaluation.
Leave of Absence - Educational/Research
The Associate Dean for Student Affairs may grant Educational/research leaves of absence. The Associate Dean for Medical Education may return students to registration from educational/research leaves of absence. The progress of medical students on educational/research leave of absence who are enrolled in the MD/PhD, MD/JD or MD/MBA program will be monitored for time spent out of "medical student" registration.
Leave of Absence - Personal/Medical
Personal/medical leaves of absence (including maternity leave of absence) may be granted by the associate Dean for Student Affairs to students who have compelling personal circumstances that are temporarily impending their academic progress, or for documented medical reasons. Only the ASC can return students from personal/medical leaves of absence. The ASC, or the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, may require a student to submit a physician's evaluation or undergo a psychiatric evaluation before considering a request to return to registration.
Leave of Absence - USMLE
Students who do not pass the USMLE Step 1 examination can be placed on USMLE-leaves of absence by the Associate Dean for Medical Education. Students will be reinstated by the Associate Dean for Student Affairs upon successful completion of the examination.
Total time spent out of registration on leave of absence may not exceed one year unless specifically approved by the ASC on a prospective annual basis. The Associate Dean for Student Affairs, or designee, will present the student's appeal for an extension and will advise the ASC.
Students who are not registered are prohibited from taking part in the College of Medicine's formal educational programs, including classroom, laboratory or clinical work.
Location: http://medinfo.ufl.edu/oea/osa/pp_absences.shtml