# § 1909. Policy on hazing
**(a)** **In General.—** Subject to the approval of the Commandant, the Superintendent of the Academy shall issue and make available to the public written policies—
**(1)** subject to subsection (d), defining hazing;
**(2)** designed to prevent hazing; and
**(3)** prescribing dismissal, suspension, or other adequate punishment for violations.
**(b)** **Effect of Request for Court-martial.—** If a cadet who is charged with violating a policy issued under subsection (a), the penalty for which is or may be dismissal from the Academy, requests in writing a trial by a general court-martial, the cadet may not be dismissed for that offense except under sentence of such a court.
**1** **Limitation.—** A cadet dismissed from the Academy for hazing or bullying may not be reappointed to the Corps of Cadets, and is ineligible for appointment as commissioned [^1] officer in a regular component of the Coast Guard, until the date that is 2 years after the date of the graduation of the class of the cadet.
So in original. Probably should be preceded by “a”.
**(d)** **Definition of Hazing.—** In developing the policies under subsection (a)(1), the Superintendent shall, to the maximum extent practicable, define the term “hazing” as the unauthorized assumption of authority by a cadet whereby another cadet suffers or is exposed to any cruelty, indignity, humiliation, hardship, or oppression, or the deprivation or abridgement of any right.
---
**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7245(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1730.)