The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) permits the following:

UAB faculty and staff may disclose personal identifiable information from an education record to appropriate individuals in connection with a health and safety emergency.

Information may be released to parents, police, or others, if knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the health and safety of the student or other individual. Typically, this notification is completed by staff in the Division of Student Affairs.

Observations of a student’s conduct or statements made by a student are NOT education records or FERPA protected. Such information should be shared with University personnel when there is a specific need to know with appropriate consideration for student privacy.