Section 27. Requirement for police certificate

In courses where the students may be in contact with minors as part of clinical teaching or practical training, the tertiary vocational college may determine that the students must present a police certificate as described in the Section 39, first subsection of the Act relating to police registers. The college may demand a police certificate at admission or during the education.
If particular rules have been stipulated regarding police certificates for certain types of work, these rules apply correspondingly for students who participate in practical training or clinical teaching.
A student who has been convicted of or has accepted a penalty notice for a criminal offence as described in Section 39, first subsection of the Act relating to police registers or in rules concerning required police certificates as mentioned in the second subsection, may be excluded from practical training or clinical teaching. The student can only be excluded if his/her participation in practical training or clinical teaching must be considered inadvisable due to the contact this student will have with people.
A student who is charged with or accused of a criminal offence pursuant to Section 39 first subsection of the Act relating to police registers or in rules concerning required police certificates as mentioned in the second subsection, may be excluded from practical training or clinical teaching until there is a final and conclusive judgement or until the case has been dropped. The student can only be excluded if his/her participation in practical training or clinical teaching must be considered inadvisable due to the contact this student will have with people.
The board decides whether a student must be excluded from clinical teaching or practical training. The decision must be made based on a statement from the tertiary vocational college. A decision to exclude a student pursuant to this subsection must be made with at least a two-thirds majority.
A student may appeal a decision concerning exclusion pursuant to this subsection. The Ministry or the national appeals body for tertiary vocational education is the appeals body, cf. Section 20 fifth subsection.
The Ministry may issue regulations concerning the case management for cases of exclusion due to criminal offences.