Background Check Policy
All students who enter the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program will be required to have a criminal background check completed prior to matriculation. A signed Background Check Authorization Form which authorizes WFUSM Department of PA Studies to conduct a background check will be obtained from each applicant who has accepted an offer of admission to the WFUSM PA Program. There will be no additional charge to the applicant for this background check. The criminal background check includes:
- a Federal Criminal Check
- a National Sex Offender Registry search
- a determination of past areas of residence through a Social Security Number check
- a search, based on areas of residence at the state and local (county) level for:
- all levels of criminal offense
- all types of adjudications
- all legal processes not yet resolved
all types of offenses
Should the background check yield any criminal information, the offer of admission may be revoked.
One copy of the Background Check will be kept in the student’s confidential Academic Affairs/Honor Council file and one copy will be given to the student upon matriculation.
Acceptance into the Wake Forest University School of Medicine PA Program does not imply or guarantee that the student will be able to obtain state licensure upon graduation.
Approved 3/18/2009
