{"id":604,"date":"2024-12-17T19:59:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T19:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/?page_id=604"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:37:34","slug":"policy-063000","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/?page_id=604","title":{"rendered":"POLICY 06:30:00"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>VOLUNTEER WORKERS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Purpose<br>To establish institutional guidelines to be followed for individuals who may serve Pellissippi State Community College in a volunteer capacity. Such individuals are not considered to be employees, however legislation which was passed in May 1986 extended state claims coverage to individuals who are participants in volunteer programs operated by state entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Policy<br>Pursuant to T.C.A. 8-42-101(3)(B), individuals serving in volunteer status at Pellissippi State Community College are immune from suit in the same manner as state employees for actions taken in the course of performing volunteer services. In order for potential claims against volunteers to be paid, state entities, including TBR institutions, are required to report information on volunteer programs to the Division of Claims Administration. If Pellissippi State fails to register the volunteer, and the state pays attorney fees or a judgment based on the volunteer&#8217;s actions, then the costs and awards will be funded through Pellissippi State&#8217;s budget. Medical professionals providing direct health care as a volunteer, are only considered a &#8220;state employee&#8221; under the defense reimbursement provisions for purposes of medical malpractice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Procedures<br>A Volunteer Agreement\/Statement of Understanding form is forwarded to the Human Resources Office to be submitted to the State Board of Claims for processing. The volunteer shall not perform work or service prior to completion of the Statement of Understanding\/Agreement and approval by Human Resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Tennessee Board of Regents Guide P-010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Reviewed\/Recommended: President&#8217;s Council, March 4, 1996<br>Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, March 6, 1996<br>Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, October 10, 2001<br>Reviewed: President\u2019s Staff, October 9, 2006<br>Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, October 9, 2006<br>Editorial Changes: July 1, 2009<br>Reviewed\/Recommended: President\u2019s Council, November 24, 2014<br>Approved: President L. Anthony Wise, Jr., November 24, 2014<br>Reviewed\/Recommended: President\u2019s Council, May 23, 2022<br>Approved: President L. Anthony Wise Jr., May 23, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VOLUNTEER WORKERS PurposeTo establish institutional guidelines to be followed for individuals who may serve Pellissippi State Community College in a volunteer capacity. Such individuals are not considered to be employees, however legislation which was passed in May 1986 extended state claims coverage to individuals who are participants in volunteer programs operated by state entities. PolicyPursuant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"policy-template-1","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-604","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":605,"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/604\/revisions\/605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.pstcc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}