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How to Report a Violation or Discuss a Concern about a Violation of the Code of Professional Conduct

Criminal acts, such as assault, theft of drugs, threat or hate crime, should be reported immediately to the Baltimore City Police - 911 for emergencies; 311 for non-emergencies.

All members of the Medical Center community are expected to adhere to the Code of Professional Conduct.

Violations of the Code of Professional Conduct not listed under Special Categories below, should be reported as follows:

Faculty performing teaching or research activities within the School of Medicine should be reported to the person's chair and/or the Dean.
Faculty performing clinical, teaching or research activities within UMMC should be reported to the Medical Executive Committee's Committee on the Code of Professional Conduct.
Residents performing clinical, teaching or research activities within UMMC should be reported to their Residency Training Director and/or the UMMC Director of Graduate Medical Services.
Medical students should be reported to the course, clerkship or elective director.
Hospital staff should be reported the Office of Human Resources.

Sentinel events, such as failure to be available while on call, breach of confidentiality, failure to provide transfer of responsibility for patient care, being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, etc., should be reported immediately using the Sentinel event form http://medschool.umaryland.edu/Professionalism/Evaluation.asp

Special Categories:

Animal care issues - Animal Care and Use Office 410-706-4365

Computer issues - James E. McNamee, PhD, Associate Dean, Information Services JmcNamee@som.umaryland.edu

Conflict of Interest issues - Howard Dickler, M.D. Associate Dean for Research 410-706-5485 Hdickler@som.umaryland.edu

Environmental Health and Safety
UMMS - James Chang, 8-6001, jchang@umm.edu
University Physicians Inc - Bernard Carpenter 8-3481 bcarpent@upi.umaryland.edu
School of Medicine - uses the campus Environmental Health and Safety Office, Jim Jaeger Director 6-7055. Information can be found on their website at
http://www.ehs.umaryland.edu/Misc/calllist.cfm

Financial issues
University Physicians Inc - Bernard Carpenter 8-3481 bcarpent@upi.umaryland.edu
School of Medicine Financial aid office- Terra Jones, Director, Jeff Edgerton Counselor 6-2009
UMMS - E.A.P. 8-5860

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) issues
Clinical: University Physicians, Inc. Privacy Official - 410-328-8011
Research: School of Medicine Privacy Official - 410-706-0337

Human Resources issues
UMMS - 410-328-2757
School of Medicine - www.hr.umaryland.edu

Human Studies issues - Howard Dickler, M.D. Associate Dean for Research 410-706-5485 Hdickler@som.umaryland.edu

Physician and Medical Professional Billing issues - Jerome D. Carr, J.D. 410-328-2678 jcarr@upi.umaryland.edu

Research Integrity issues - Howard Dickler, M.D. Associate Dean for Research 410-706-5485 Hdickler@som.umaryland.edu

Sexual Harassment (http://www.umaryland.edu/hrpolicies/section6/t60120Asa.html) by a UMB employee or by an affiliate's employee should be reported immediately to the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs - 401-706-7117 and to the campus Director of Affirmative Action - 401-706-7302. Complaints of sexual harassment are also processed externally by both the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Maryland Commission on Human Relations.

Violations by faculty and students of the School of Medicine of "our shared ethical principles," such as "charges of ethical lapses, cheating, abuse of authority, or dishonesty" are to be reported immediately in writing to the Judicial Board which will hold a Pre-Hearing and Hearing according to their Procedures, which can be found at http://medschool.umaryland.edu/judicial_2.asp.

This page was last updated on: July 28, 2009.

For more information, call the University Physicians Consultation and Referral Service at 1-800-492-5538 (patients) or 1-800-373-4111 (physicians).