Feb 11, 2025  
2023-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
2023-2026 Academic Catalog

Right of University to Refuse Access


Ponce Health Sciences University reserves the rights to refuse to permit a student to inspect the following records:

  1. Letters and statements of recommendation for which the student has waived the right of access, or which were placed in the file before January 1, 1975.
  2. Records connected with an application to attend Ponce Health Sciences University it that application was denied.
  3. Those records which are excluded from the FERPA definition of education records.

Refusal to Provide Copies

(Note: With an understanding that if cannot deny students access to their records, Ponce Health Sciences University is required to describe the circumstances in which it may deny students a copy of their education records.)

Ponce Health Sciences University reserves the right to deny transcripts or copies of records not required to be made available by FERPA in any of the following situations:

  1. The student has an unpaid financial obligation to the University.
  2. There is an unresolved disciplinary action against the student.

Fees for Copies or Records

The fee for copies will be $3.00 each. (Note: A college or university may not charge for search and retrieval of the records; however, it may charge for copying time and postage).

Types, Locations and Custodians of Educations of Records

(Listing required. Types, Locations and Custodians are examples)

The following is a list of the types of records that Ponce Health Sciences University maintains their locations and their custodians.

Types Location Custodian
Applicants Records Admission’s Office Admissions Director/ Coordinator
Admissions Records of Matriculated Students Registrar’s Office Registrar
Cumulative Academic Records (Current Students, after graduation, withdrawals and transferred students Registrar’s Office Registrar
Disciplinary Records Student Affairs Office Vice President for Student Affairs
Documents for Financial Aid Financial Aid Office Associate Director of Financial Aid