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Use of Vehicles – Riding bicycles , scooters , skateboards , hover boards , etc . in hallways , in buildings , or on walkways is prohibited . Motorized vehicles , roller skating and skateboarding are prohibited in areas other than designated roadways on the campuses of Eastern Florida State College . Exception : Motorized vehicles for handicapped persons may be used on walkways and in buildings .
Violation of Probationary Status – A student , who is alleged to have violated the Code of Conduct , while being subject to disciplinary or final disciplinary probation , may be charged with the separate offense of violating disciplinary probation .
Violations of Law – Federal and state law , respective county and city ordinances , and all College and Board of Trustees rules , regulations , policies , and procedures will be strictly enforced .
Violation of Florida Statute 553.865 (“ Safety in Private Spaces Act ”) – Willfully entering a restroom or changing facility designated for the opposite sex ( based on biological sex at birth ) on the premises of the College and refusing to depart when asked to do so by any administrative personnel , faculty member , security personnel , or law enforcement personnel , except when entering for these purposes :
• To accompany a person of the opposite sex for the purpose of assisting or chaperoning a child under the age of 12 , an elderly person as defined in s . 825.101 , F . S ., or a person with a disability as defined in s . 760.22 , F . S ., or a developmental disability as defined in s . 393.063 , F . S .;
• For law enforcement or governmental regulatory purposes ;
• For the purpose of rendering emergency medical assistance or to intervene in any other emergency situation where the health or safety of another person is at risk ;
• For custodial , maintenance , or inspection purposes , provided that the restroom or changing facility is not in use ; or
• If the appropriate designated restroom or changing facility is out of order or under repair and the restroom or changing facility designated for the opposite sex contains no person of the opposite sex .
• See also Fla . Admin . Code R . 6A-14.00612 .
• The requirements of s . 553.865 , F . S ., and Fla . Admin . Code R . 6A-14.00612 , do not apply to an individual who is or has been under treatment by a physician who , in his or her good faith clinical judgment , performs procedures upon or provides therapies to a minor born with either of the following medically verifiable genetic disorders of sexual development : ( 1 ) external biological sex characteristics that are unresolvedly ambiguous ; or ( 2 ) a disorder of sexual development in which the physician has determined through genetic or biochemical testing that the patient does not have a normal sex chromosome structure , sex steroid hormone production , or sex steroid hormone action for a male or female , as applicable .
• Any student who violates Florida Statute 553.865 is subject to disciplinary sanctions up to and including expulsion from the College .
• Students , administrative personnel , faculty members , security personnel , and law enforcement personnel have the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General alleging the College failed to meet the minimum requirements for restrooms and changing facilities under s . 553.865 ( 4 ) and ( 5 ), F . S .
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