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Exclusion Zones


Areas of the University Campus where carrying a concealed handgun is prohibited include the following:
EXCLUSION AREAS UTEP LOCATION
Areas for which federal law requires exclusion or in which weapons are prohibited by an accrediting authority.   University Heights Early Learning Center, 315 W. Schuster On-campus voting locations organized by governmental agencies  
Patient care areas, including those where mental health care services are provided. Texas Penal Code 46.035(b)(2) excludes hospitals licensed under Chapter 241 – by analogy and extension.   Student Health Center, Union East Building University Counseling Center, Union West Building College of Health Sciences Clinics – Speech, Language and Hearing Clinics (lab and waiting room) – Community Rehabilitation Program Clinics (lab and waiting room)  
Area where a high school, collegiate, professional sporting event or interscholastic event is taking place. Facilities impacted while an event is taking place include, but are not limited to the following: Sun Bowl Stadium Don Haskins Center Kidd Field Memorial Gym University Field Helen of Troy Softball Complex  
Animal-care areas where protocols regulating ingress and egress create a risk that a concealed handgun will accidentally discharge, contaminate or separate from a license holder.   Biosciences Building Vivarium Psychology Building, Animal Holding Area Biology Building, Animal Holding Area
Laboratories required to comply with NFPA 45 (National Fire Protection Association, Code 45) regulations that are hazard risk classification 2 or higher. Other areas to be excluded include rooms with NMR units, rooms with natural gas lines 2 inches of diameter or greater AND with an open flame, and areas where compressed gas cylinders are used or stored in support of campus operations.   Laboratories within the following buildings that meet exclusion zone criteria: Biology Building Bioscience Research Building Campbell Building Chemistry and Computer Science Building Engineering Building Fox Fine Arts Center Geological Sciences Building Health Sciences and Nursing Building Physical Sciences Building Psychology Building
Laboratories or research facilities where interaction with the body makes it difficult for individuals to conceal a handgun or where wearing a handgun would disrupt physical exertion or the study of the body.   Laboratories or research facilities within the following buildings that meet exclusion zone criteria: Campbell Building Health Sciences Building Larry K. Durham Center Ross Moore Building  
Student Assessment Areas and Testing Centers when nationally sanctioned tests (e.g. ACT, SAT, TOEFL, CLEP, THEA IBT, TExES) are being administered that prohibit the carrying of a firearm under the rules of the testing organization.   Student Assessment and Testing examination rooms, Academic Advising Center Other rooms or facilities on campus when national testing is taking place
A room in which a formal hearing and/or tribunal is held in accordance with the following UTEP Handbook of Operating Procedures: 1) Section II. Student Affairs, Chapter 1. Student Discipline and Conduct, 1.5 Hearing Process; 2) Section III. Academic Affairs, Chapter 4. Academic Policies and Faculty Personnel Matters, 4.15 Grade Review Process; 3) Section III. Academic Affairs, Chapter 4. Academic Policies and Faculty Personnel Matters, 4.4.2. Termination.   Allowed under Texas Penal Code 46.03 as a conflict resolution area.   Room would be identified in writing in official summons and/or correspondence with impacted parties and would only be in effect during the time of the hearing.
Special events produced by external agents, whose contracts specifically ban handguns or weapons in the arena during a performance. Notification of concealed carry limitations must be communicated during the time of ticket purchase.   Facilities impacted while an event is taking place include, but are not limited to the following: Sun Bowl Stadium Don Haskins Center Magoffin Auditorium Memorial Gymnasium Union Cinema  
Properties owned or leased by the University which have existing tenant leases prohibiting weapons.   UTEP Graduate Business Center, Chase Building,
Student housing where individuals live in shared space.   Miner Heights Student Housing Complex Miner Canyon Student Housing Complex  
A mixed-use residence where the authorized resident resides.     The Hoover House
The occupant of an office to which the occupant has been solely assigned and that is not generally open to the public is permitted, at the occupant’s discretion, to prohibit the concealed carry of a handgun in that office. An occupant who chooses to exercise this discretion must provide oral notice that the concealed carry of a handgun in the occupant’s office is prohibited. If the occupant’s duties ordinarily entail meeting people who may be license holders, the occupant must make reasonable arrangements to meet them in another location at a convenient time.  

Campus Carry Exclusion Zones

Exclusion Zones (PDF)