3.1.1 Dress Code
Clothing
The dress code was established to maintain a professional appearance of interns as they provide health care to the public. Examples of professional dress are as follows:
Women – dress, pants suit, or dress pants and blouse. Nylons or socks with dress shoes.
Men – collared shirt with dress pants and socks. Dress shoes.
Unacceptable clothing – yoga or athletic pants, tube tops, see-through blouses, mid-rift blouses/tops, bare stomach, back, legs, or feet, open toe shoes, jeans of any color.
General – all clothing is to be clean. Shirts, pants, and blouses are to be pressed or ironed (non-wrinkled). Pants with belt loops require a belt to be worn.
White Coats
T6 students, when functioning as an intern, are to wear white coats whenever in the DeRusha Clinic.
- Interns will not be allowed to see patients without a white coat.
- White coats must be clean and pressed
- Nametags are required on the white coat.
3.1.2 Hygiene
Interns are expected to portray professionalism. Neatness and cleanliness are imperative. The standard of being well-groomed extends to nail care, hair care (clean, styled), and body care (bathe/shower daily). The following products are prohibited in the clinic environment: cologne, perfume and fragrant oils, chewing of gum, and any tobacco products (smokers must de-permeate the odor of smoke).
Faculty clinicians may impose sanctions on interns for not complying with these standards. Sanctions may include loss of clinic hours, being sent home, being transferred to another clinic, referral to the Behavioral Standards Committee or CERP, and being suspended from clinic or the College of Chiropractic.