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Act, Section 71 (2) The disciplinary decision of the first instance is made by the
disciplinary committee of the institution, which has at least three members. The students’
representative council will appoint at least one third of the disciplinary committee
members.
Section 13 (1) The disciplinary procedure of first instance is conducted by the disciplinary
committee of the given faculty or doctoral school of the University.
Act, Section 73 (3) The appeal against the first-instance decision is heard by the head of
the institution of higher education or a committee formed by the head of the institution
for this purpose.
(2) The appellate decision is made by a committee formed by the Rector of the University.
Section 14 (1) The affected faculty establishes a five-member disciplinary committee consisting of
2 professors and 3 students. The two professors of the disciplinary committee are chosen by the
Faculty Council and the Doctoral Council for a 3-year term. The chair of the disciplinary committee
is the lead professor appointed by the Faculty Council or the Doctoral Council. The professor
members may only be re-appointed once after the expiry of their first term.
(2) The 3 student members of the disciplinary committee will be elected by the Faculty Students’
Representative Council and the Doctoral Students’ Representative Council in accordance with their
own rules. The representative councils will notify the Dean or the Chair of the Doctoral Council of
the elected committee members. The student members will be elected for 1-year terms.
Section 15
(1) The following persons may not be involved in making a decision in a disciplinary case:
(a) those who cannot be expected to make an unbiased decision in the given case;
(b) in the appellate procedure, those who participated in the first instance phase of the
procedure.
(2) The members of the disciplinary council must disclose any conflicts of interest to the Dean or
the Chair of the Doctoral Council, whichever is applicable. Conflicts of interest in the appellate
procedure must be reported to the Rector.
(3) A conflict of interest motion may be brought by the student and their legal representative in
any phase of the procedure. The motion must be recorded in the minutes of the procedure.
(4) The decision on the motion will be made in a closed sitting of the committee. A formal
decision must be made on the acceptance or rejection of the motion. If the motion is
accepted, the disciplinary hearing must be adjourned until a new committee member is
appointed.
(5) The rule on excluding a member of the committee due to a conflict of interest must also be
applied to the person keeping the minutes.
Section 16 If the student is a student at more than one institution of higher education or at more
than one faculty of Semmelweis University (has multiple majors or is a guest student), the
institution or faculty with the right to conduct the disciplinary procedure will be the one that the
obligation the student has failed to fulfil is related to or the one that has been the injured party of
the student’s action.