Room Check definition

Room Check means any instance when an HCC Housing or Security employee enters a student’s dorm room solely for the purpose of maintenance or ensuring the health and safety of students. A Room Check includes, but is not limited to, assisting a locked-out student; a routine room check, when an HCC Employee enters a room to conduct a periodic assessment of cleanliness; and a health/safety and wellness check, when an HCC Employee reasonably believes a student is in imminent danger, such as in response to a smoke-detector alarm.
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Examples of Room Check in a sentence

  • The keys were not returned to the Residence Supervisor and the Room Check Form not signed.

  • A Room Check Log must be completed promptly every time a room check occurs.

  • If staff find a health or safety emergency during their room check, staff should follow the emergency procedures, then file an incident report along with the Room Check Log.

  • If staff identify nonemergent concerns or rule violations (e.g., a maintenance issue or signs a participant is smoking in the room) staff should file an incident report and a Room Check Log.

  • If the participant is absent during the wellbeing check, staff would note their absence on the Room Check Log but do not have to take any further steps to locate the participant unless they have been specifically directed to do so by the management team.