All enrolled or prospective students receive and read the Academic Catalog prior to enrollment at Radiological Technologies University. The Academic Catalog is available on the University website homepage at www.rtuvt.edu. The Academic Catalog can also be requested via email to info@rtuvt.edu.
The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act was signed into law in 1996 and provides guidelines for protecting the confidentiality and security of medical information. Click HERE for more information.
The right to inspect and review the student's education records within 45 days after the day Radiological Technologies University (RTU) receives a request for access. A student should submit to the Director of Administrative Services a written request that identifies the record(s) the student wishes to inspect. The school official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the school official to whom the request was submitted, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
A student who wishes to ask RTU to amend a record should write the Director of Administrative Services, clearly identify the part of the record the student wants changed, and specify why it should be changed.
If RTU decides not to amend the record as requested, RTU will notify the student in writing of the decision and the student's right to a hearing re­garding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the student when notified of the right to a hearing.
The right to provide written consent before RTU discloses personally identifiable information (PII) from the student's education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.
RTU discloses education records without a student's prior written consent under the FERPA exception for disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official typically includes a person employed by the RTU in an administrative, supervisory, academic, research, or support staff position (including law en­forcement unit personnel and health staff); a person serving on the Board of Directors or Program Advisory Boards; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance com­mittee. A school official also may include a volunteer or contractor outside of RTU who performs an institutional service of function for which the school would otherwise use its own employees and who is under the direct control of the school with respect to the use and maintenance of PII from education records, such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent or a student volunteering to assist another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official typically has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an educa­tion record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibilities for RTU.
RTU provides its directory information public notice annually along with its annual notification of rights under FERPA as required by § 99.37 of the regulations.
You, as an eligible student, have the right to refuse to let the University designate records as directory information*. You have 45 days from the date of this notice to notify us in writing that you do not want part or all of the information listed above to be considered directory information. Written notice should be submitted using the attached form "Opt out of Designation of Records as Directory Information." After this 45-day period, we will consider this information as directory information and respond to requests for it as if it is directory information. You may still, after the end of the 45-day period, ask in writing (as outlined above) for this information to cease being considered directory information. We will honor your request within a reasonable time frame after our receipt of your written request.
*According to section 99.37(c), your written request to refuse classification of information as directory information does not include the right to remain anonymous in classes in which you are registered. This provision is meant to preserve routine classroom communication and interaction either in a standard classroom setting or on-line via electronic communication.