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, 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.