Room Entry Policy
Authorized university personnel may enter a student's residence hall room without permission for the following reasons:
To provide routine maintenance
To provide routine inspections to ensure that residents are following health, fire, and safety regulations
To respond to emergency situations; e.g., situations which threaten the health and/or safety of room occupants, and situations which require immediate maintenance to prevent property damage or immediate action to correct the health, fire and/or safety risk
When there is reason to believe that a violation of university policy is taking place in the room and occupants in the room do not open the door when requested to do so.
Authorization to enter a student's room under this policy does not constitute authorization to conduct a search of the room.
Authorized university personnel indicated above include:
Full-time members of the Housing and Residence Life staff, including maintenance and custodial personnel.
Hall Directors, Assistant Hall Directors, Resident Advisors, and Assistant Managers, subject to the following restriction:
In non-emergency situations, prior authorization must be received from a full-time professional staff member in the Office of Residence Life.
Unless circumstances prohibit, two staff members should be present when using the master key to enter a student's room.
University Police.
University Fire Marshal.
Protocol for using the master key to enter a residence hall room:
No student room should be entered without knocking, regardless of whether the door is locked, unlocked, or open. The only situations in which staff are not required to knock are emergencies.
Before using the master key, university personnel attempting to enter a room should identify themselves and state the reason for entry. In addition, they should request that the door be opened.
If the door is not opened and authorized university personnel deem it necessary, the master key will be used to enter the student's room for one or more of the reasons listed above.
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