FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY – REGULATION
6C3-2.028 Anti-hazing.
(1) It is the policy of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University that any student(s),
group(s) of students, or student organization(s) affiliated with the Florida Agricultural and
Mechanical University are prohibited from engaging in any form(s) of hazing activities.
(2) The term hazing shall include, but not be limited to, pressuring or coercing the student into
violating state or federal law, any brutality of a physical nature, such as striking in any
manner, whipping, beating, branding, exposure to the elements, forced consumption of food,
liquor, drugs, or other substances, or other forced physical activities that would adversely
affect the health or safety of the student and also includes any activity that would subject the
student to extreme mental stress, such as sleep deprivation, forced exclusion from social
contacts, forced conduct that would be demeaning or results in extreme embarrassment or
any other forced activity that could adversely affect the mental health or dignity of the student.
Hazing does not include customary athletic events or other similar contests or competitions or
any activity or conduct that furthers a legal and legitimate objective. For purposes of this
section, any activity as described above, or any action or situation that recklessly or
intentionally endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student for purposes,
including, but not limited to, initiation or admission into or affiliation with a university
sanctioned organization, shall be presumed to be hazing and a “forced” activity, the
willingness or consent of an individual to participate in such activity notwithstanding.
(3) Penalties – Any student(s), student group(s), or student organization(s) which are
affiliated with the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, on campus or off-campus,
that are found responsible for hazing will be subject to appropriate sanctions by the
university, which may include the imposition of fines; withholding of grade(s), transcripts
and/or diplomas pending payment of fines or pending compliance with the current Student
Code of Conduct, Regulation 6C3-2.012, F.A.C., of which this Regulation becomes a part of;
the imposition of counseling, probation, suspension, dismissal or expulsion of said person(s)
or organization(s), and/or the rescission of permission for the University sanctioned
organization(s) to operate on the Florida A&M University campus or to otherwise operate
under the sanction of the University.
(4) All penalties imposed by the University do not absolve the student(s), group(s) of
students, or student organization(s) from any penalty imposed for violation of criminal laws of
the State of Florida, including but not limited to such criminal penalties prescribed in s.
1006.63, Florida Statutes, for penalties imposed in civil proceedings or for violation of any
other university Regulation(s) to which the violator(s) may be subject. It shall not be a
defense that the consent of the victim to participate was obtained, the conduct or activity that
resulted in the death or injury of the person was not part of an official university organizational
event or was not otherwise sanctioned or approved by the university organization or the
conduct or activity that resulted in death or injury of the person was not done as a condition of
membership to a university organization.
(5) All existing university sanctioned organizations are required to amend their existing by-
laws to include an anti-hazing section, and all future university sanctioned organizations must
include the same in their by-laws. A copy of the by-laws shall be kept on file in the Office of
Student Activities. Advisors and each member of a university sanctioned organization must
attend one Fall semester and one Spring semester hazing workshop each academic year.
Specific Authority 1001.74(4) FS. Law Implemented 1001.74(10)(d), (e), 1006.60, 1006.61,
1006.62, 1006.63 FS. History–New 4-3-83, Formerly 6C3-2.28, Amended 1-26-04.
