Notice of Missing Student Notification Procedures

Federal law requires that Rice establish a policy for notifying parents or other designated persons should Rice determine that a student residing on-campus is missing. That policy may be found at:

http://www.rupd.rice.edu/safety.cfm?doc_id=13908

The law also requires that students be informed of the following:

• If any person believes that a Rice student is missing, the person should make a report to the RUPD.
  
• Rice will initiate emergency contact procedures in accordance with the student’s designation if RUPD has been notified of, and makes a determination that, a student who is the subject of a missing person report has been missing for more than 24 hours and has not returned to campus, or if a local law enforcement agency notifies Rice that it has determined a student residing on Rice’s campus is missing.
  
• Each student living in on-campus housing has the option of identifying a person or persons to be contacted by Rice not later than 24 hours after the time that the student is determined to be missing. Students can register this contact information confidentially through the Esther web site, and access to this information will be limited to authorized campus personnel, such as RUPD, the office of the Dean of Undergraduates and/or the office of the Dean of Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Studies.
  
• If a student is under 18 years of age, and not an emancipated individual, Rice is required to notify a custodial parent or guardian (in addition to any other contact person designated by the student) and the notification must occur not later than 24 hours after the student is determined to be missing.
  
• Regardless of whether the student has named a confidential contact person under this procedure, Rice will notify any appropriate local law enforcement agencies not later than 24 hours after the student is determined to be missing.