The School of Medicine requires Criminal Background Checks for all medical students. The following outlines the rationale for performing Criminal Background Checks:

• To facilitate the placement of students into clinical training programs.
• To bolster the public's continuing trust in the medical profession.
• To enhance the safety and well-being of patients.
• To ascertain the ability of accepted applicants and enrolled medical students to eventually become licensed as physicians.
• To minimize the potential liability of medical schools and their affiliated clinical facilities.