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14 The Washington Center • Code of Conduct Spring 2025 • Users must acknowledge that the use of exercise equipment involves risk of serious injury, including permanent disability and death. Users also should understand and agree that The Washington Center is not responsible for property that is lost, stolen, or damaged while in, on, or about the premises. • Users must understand and agree that their use of the facilities and equipment is only to be undertaken on their own personal time and that their use of the facilities and equipment is not within the course or scope of their program participation. Fire Equipment/Alarms: Residents and their guests are required to leave the building when a fire alarm sounds. Federal law forbids misuse or abuse of fire equipment (tampering/disconnection of alarms, extinguisher, hoses, smoke detectors, hanging items from sprinkler heads, etc.). Tampering with any fire equipment in an apartment or common area (e.g. smoke detectors, sprinklers) will result in a fine per responsible party, in connection with replacing or reconnecting the fire equipment, repairing any damages, and any fines given by building management. • During a fire emergency/evacuation, residents are expected to wear a face mask when exiting the building and provide as much social distancing as possible during the evacuation and while waiting in the evacuation zone. • Emergency exit doors should never be propped open and should only be used in the case of an emergency. Fire exits or fire doors may not be blocked at any time. Hallways and other common areas are generally paths of evacuation and should be kept clear at all times. Guests: To maintain a noise level that is acceptable and conducive to a professional living environment and to maintain a reasonable approach to safety and health, each occupant is limited to no more than two guests in an apartment at one time across all TWC residential facilities. Guests are defined as anyone not assigned to the specific unit and is a TWC resident. • For programs and events with a duration of 14 consecutive days or less, no external guests or overnight are permitted. • All guests must be 18 years or older. • For residents staying longer than 14 consecutive days, two external guests (non-TWC participants) will be permitted per resident, provided the total number of individuals in an apartment at any given time does not exceed 8. In cases where an apartment has a lower designated occupancy, the number of people per apartment may be no greater than 2 people over the designed occupancy. Additionally, guests who choose to visit an apartment and exceed stated occupancy limits will also be considered in violation of TWC's policies. Guests should remove themselves from that situation in order to remain in compliance with stated policies. • Residents may not have external guests for more than 2 consecutive nights in a 7-night period. Once a guest leaves, residents must wait 7 days before hosting additional guests. • An individual external guest/person can only be registered as a guest to the building for 2 days in a 7-day period. • All residents of the apartment are responsible for the behavior and actions of their guest(s), in both the apartment and on the property, whether they are present when the behavior occurs. Guests are not permitted to stay in any TWC facility without the presence of their host at any time. • The Washington Center reserves the right to ask any and all guests to vacate the facility at any time. If a guest is asked to leave and fails to do so, the police may be contacted to escort the guest from the building. • Residents may not allow any nonresident to enter a TWC facility if the nonresident is not known to the resident. This includes propping the door open for others to enter the facility or claiming responsibility for a guest and then not accompanying the guest throughout the building. • Additionally, due to the shorter nature of TWC Academic Seminar programs, Customized Initiatives, and/or programs with extensions, participants in programs with a duration less than 14 days are not permitted to have overnight guests in TWC housing. • TWC reserves the right to amend or alter the guest policy in line with current needs of the community for health and safety purposes. Please consult the Housing and Community Life office for the latest policies.

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