Hazing is a Class B misdemeanor in the State's Criminal Code, for any person who knowingly submits, and any person who has direct knowledge of it and fails to report it to the school authorities and the police.
- It is also a Class B misdemeanor for the college or any club or other college-affiliated organization to knowingly or negligently fail to take reasonable measures within the scope of its authority to prevent it, or fails to report it to the police. Express or implied consent of the victim is not a defense to the crime of hazing.
- No college student, official, or employee shall participate in hazing.
- No college student, official, or employee shall knowingly submit to hazing without reporting it as soon as practicable to the Vice President of Student and Community Affairs, Campus Safety and to the police.
- Any college student, official, or employee having direct knowledge of hazing occurring in connection with the college or any college-affiliated organization shall forthwith report it to the Vice President of Student and Community Affairs, Campus Safety and to the police.
- Any college official, or employee present at the scene of any hazing shall take all reasonable steps within the scope of his/her authority, and any college student, official or employee present at the scene of any hazing shall report it to the Vice President of Student and Community Affairs, Campus Safety and to the police, without delay.
- Anyone in the College community who has knowledge or reasonably suspects that an act of hazing will occur shall forthwith report it to the college authorities and to the police.