College Procedures
Minor Protection Policy
College of Life Sciences entities will follow the BYU Minor Protection Policy
University Programs
- Offered, sponsored, or operated by an organizational unit of the university.
- Occurs on or off campus.
- Intended participants are minors.
- Volunteers are minors.
Authorized Educational Visits
- Visit to camps by a school or similar educational group.
- Visits is less than 8 hours in length.
- Primary supervision of minors is responsibility of a school group.
- Group signs agreement with BYU acknowledging intent to supervise minors.
Non-University Program
- Offered, sponsored, or operated entirely by an organization not affiliated with BYU or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
- Intended participants or volunteers are minors
- Held on campus or utilizes university owned property
Exempt Events Events that do not need to be registered in the Minor Protection Registration System
- Visits to campus by Church youth groups sponsored by college faculty and staff where the group will be overseen by the faculty and staff at all times.
- Approval by the college safety officer is needed for any visit to a laboratory space.
- Programs, activities, events and services open to the general public where parents/guardians are expected to supervise their minors.
- Programs, activities, events, and services not open to the general public where parents/guardians are required to accompany their minors.
- Research protocols involving minors as human subjects which are registered with the IRB.
Training
All BYU personnel must successfully complete the university’s Minor Protection Training