- 34 - NSU Office of Residence Life 1. For routine inspections of rooms for safety, health and general upkeep purposes or maintenance performed upon institutional initiative; including fire drills and regular posted semester break inspections. 2. When there is imminent danger to safety, health, or property of occupant(s) or to institutional property. 3. When there is a clear and present indication that a crime is being committed. 4. When there is a clear and present indication that Northern regulations are being violated. Maintenance requests by students shall be considered permission to enter. Residence hall students should also be aware that the residence hall staff may occasionally have to enter students' rooms on matters relating to the comfort or safety of fellow hall residents; for example, to turn off an alarm clock, close a window, etc. A hall staff member will do a security/safety check of each room prior to each hall closing for vacation periods. Violations which are observed during entry for another purpose will be followed up with disciplinary actions. Furthermore, following an entry, a search by institutional staff may be conducted pursuant to the permission of the persons present or an administrative search/seizure permit issued by the Director of Residence Life. The permit must include: 1. The room(s) to be searched. 2. The regulation(s) allegedly being violated. 3. The item(s) being sought (if applicable). 4. The names of those authorized to search. If, during the authorized search, violations of Northern State policies other than those for which the search is authorized are observed, appropriate disciplinary reports and action will be filed. Pursuant to: Board of Regents Policy Manual; Section 3, Student Affairs 3:17 Entry, Search and Seizure. https://www.sdbor.edu/policy/documents/3-17.pdf Screen Removal Screens are not to be removed. Damage to window screens caused by opening and closing will be charged as other damages. Replacement costs vary from building to building. Service/Assistance Animal Policy Northern State University residence halls are covered under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) in addition to the ADA. The FHA addresses assistance animals as follows: An assistance animal is not a pet. It is an animal that works, provides assistance, or performs tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability, or provides emotional support that alleviates one or more identified symptoms or effects of a person’s disability. Assistance animals perform many disability-related functions, including but not limited to, guiding individuals who are blind or have low vision, alerting individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to sounds, providing protection or rescue assistance, pulling a wheelchair, fetching items, alerting persons to impending seizures, or providing emotional support to persons with disabilities who have a disability-related need for such support. For purposes of reasonable accommodation requests, neither the FHA nor Section 504 requires an assistance animal to be individually trained or certified. While dogs are the most common type of assistance animal, other animals can also be assistance animals.
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