I don't work for a university, but my organization does the following: For administrative policies - they become effective as soon as they are uploaded to our online P&P database, which is usually within a week of them being approved by Senior Management.
Our patient care policies are uploaded on the 1st of the month following their review and approval at the system P&P committee. Occasionally, I will have policies that are published before or after that date - it depends on how big the project is, the type of education required, and if anything needs to be changed in the electronic medical record first. Mary From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rippke, Sheryl L [U CSL] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 1:37 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [acupa-l] Timing of Adopting New Policies Greetings from frigid central Iowa, >From poking around the web, it appears that in most cases universities >implement policies as soon after their final approval as they can be >published. Our University Counsel is asking if other universities have a >different approach, such as implementing a new/revised policy only on the >first day of a new fiscal year, etc. When do your policies become effective? Do you treat certain types of policies differently than others? In particular, are you consistent about when you adopt personnel policies to avoid the appearance of retaliation? Your comments would be most appreciated! Sheryl Sheryl Rippke, Policy Administrator Office of University Counsel 3550 Beardshear Hall Ames, IA 50014 515-294-1385 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Policy Library<http://policy.iastate.edu/> "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." --Maya Angelou ATTN: Please be aware that when you respond to an ACUPA-L e-mail, the reply will be distributed to the ENTIRE e-listing of members. If you do NOT want to send an e-mail to everyone, please reply directly to the individual who initiated the query (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of their original e-mail). If you wish to remove yourself from the ACUPA e-mail list, please go to this web address and fill out the form. We will remove you from the list within 24 hours during normal business hours. http://www.acupa.org/MembershipForm_Discontinue.html
