Nothing in this policy or procedure shall prevent the college president or designee from taking immediate disciplinary action in accordance with Columbia Basin College policies and procedures, collective bargaining agreement(s), and federal, state, and municipal rules and regulations.

Nothing in this policy or procedure limits the college from considering applicable policies of the college when investigating complaints including, but not limited to, the college's standards of conduct policy, appropriate use of IT resources policy, code of ethics policy, consensual relations leading to conflicts of interest policy or any other policy or procedure. For complaints involving students, nothing in this policy or procedure limits the college from evaluating the conduct of any student under the student code of conduct.