CHAPTER 110. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

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EDUCATION CODE

TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION

SUBTITLE F. OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

CHAPTER 110. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

Sec. 110.01. SEPARATE INSTITUTION. Texas Tech University Health

Sciences Center is a separate institution and not a department,

school, or branch of Texas Tech University but is under the

direction, management, and control of the Texas Tech University

Board of Regents. The center is composed of a medical school and

other components assigned by law or by the coordinating board.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3267, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319,

Sec. 2, eff. June 6, 1979.

Sec. 110.02. CONCURRENT AND SEPARATE POWERS. The board of

regents has the same powers of direction, management, and control

over the Health Sciences Center as they exercise over Texas Tech

University. However, the board shall act separately and

independently on all matters affecting the Health Sciences Center

as a separate institution.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3267, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319,

Sec. 2, eff. June 6, 1979.

Sec. 110.03. GENERAL POWERS. The board may make rules and

regulations for the direction, control, and management of Texas

Tech University Health Sciences Center as necessary for it to be

an institution of the first class.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3267, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319,

Sec. 2, eff. June 6, 1979.

Sec. 110.04. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The chief executive

officer of Texas Tech University is also the chief executive

officer of the Health Sciences Center under the authority of

Section 109.23 of this code.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3267, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319,

Sec. 2, eff. June 6, 1979.

Sec. 110.05. COURSES OFFERED. The board may prescribe courses

leading to customary degrees.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3267, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 110.06. AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER SCHOOLS. The board may, when

in the best interests of medical education at the Health Sciences

Center, execute and carry out affiliation or coordinating

agreements with any other entity or institution in the Lubbock

area, Amarillo area, El Paso area, and the Odessa-Midland area to

provide clinical, postgraduate, including internship and

residency, or other levels of medical educational work for the

Health Sciences Center. Additionally, the board may execute and

carry out affiliation or coordinating agreements with any other

entity or institution necessary to conduct and operate the Health

Sciences Center as a first-class institution. The board may

utilize the facilities and staffs of other state biomedical

units.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3268, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319,

Sec. 2, eff. June 6, 1979.

Sec. 110.07. PHYSICAL FACILITIES. The board shall make

provision for adequate physical facilities for the Health

Sciences Center, including library, auditorium, and animal

facilities, for use by the Health Sciences Center in its teaching

and research programs.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3268, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319,

Sec. 2, eff. June 6, 1979.

Sec. 110.08. GRANTS; GIFTS. The board, in its discretion, may

accept and administer grants and gifts from the federal

government, any foundation, trust fund, corporation, or

individual for the use and benefit of the Health Sciences Center.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3268, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319,

Sec. 2, eff. June 6, 1979.

Sec. 110.09. TEACHING HOSPITAL. A complete teaching hospital

for the Health Sciences Center shall be furnished at no cost or

expense to the state. The state may never contribute any funds

for the construction, maintenance, or operation of a teaching

hospital for the Health Sciences Center.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3268, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319,

Sec. 2, eff. June 6, 1979.

Sec. 110.10. SUPERVISION BY COORDINATING BOARD. The Health

Sciences Center is subject to the continuing supervision of and

to the rules and regulations of the Coordinating Board, Texas

College and University System, as provided by Chapter 61 of this

code.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3268, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319,

Sec. 2, eff. June 6, 1979.

Sec. 110.11. MEDICAL SCHOOL ADMISSION POLICIES. The Board of

Regents shall promulgate appropriate rules and regulations

pertaining to the admission of students to the medical school

which will provide for admission of those students to its

entering class each year who are equally or as well qualified as

all other students and who have entered a contract with or

received a commitment for a stipend, grant, loan or scholarship

from the State Rural Medical Education Board. The State Rural

Medical Education Board may contract with medical students

providing for such students to engage in a general or family

practice of medicine for not less than four years after licensing

and a period of medical residency, as determined by the rules and

regulations established by the State Rural Medical Education

Board, in cities of Texas which have a population of less than

5,000 or in rural areas, as that term may be defined by the State

Rural Medical Education Board, and said Board is hereby given the

authority to define and from time to time redefine the term rural

area, at the time the medical practice is commenced. This

contract shall provide for a monthly stipend of at least $100 to

be granted by the State Rural Medical Education Board to each

person under contract with the State while enrolled as a medical

school student.

Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2409, ch. 740, Sec. 4, eff.

Sept. 1, 1975.

Sec. 110.12. UTILITIES EASEMENTS. On terms, conditions, or

stipulations, and compensation as determined by the board, the

board may convey, dedicate, or use any other appropriate method

of conveyance to grant, convey, or dedicate rights, title,

rights-of-way, or easements involving or in connection with the

furnishing or providing of electricity, water, sewage disposal,

natural gas, telephone, telegraph, or other utility service on,

over, or through the campus or properties of Texas Tech

University Health Sciences Center. The chairman of the board may

execute and deliver conveyances or dedications on behalf of Texas

Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 363, ch. 155, Sec. 2, eff. May

8, 1975. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 110.11 and amended

by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 725, ch. 319, Sec. 3, eff. June 6,

1979.

Sec. 110.13. MANAGEMENT OF LANDS. The board has the sole and

exclusive management and control of lands set aside and

appropriated to or acquired by the institutions under its

governance. The board may lease, sell, exchange, acquire, dispose

of, and otherwise manage, control, and use the lands in any

manner and at prices and under terms and conditions the board

deems best for the interest of the institutions. However, the

board may not sell any of the original main campus located in

Lubbock, Lubbock County, unless the sale is approved by act of

the legislature. No grazing lease shall be made for a period of

more than five years.

Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1249, ch. 471, Sec. 2, eff.

Sept. 1, 1975. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 110.11 and

amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 721, ch. 166, Sec. 4, eff.

May 20, 1983.

Sec. 110.14. SALE OF OBSOLETE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. The board may

sell to a hospital in this state operated by the state, a city, a

county, a hospital district, a nonprofit corporation, or a

tax-exempt charitable organization, on fair and reasonable terms,

any medical equipment that has been in use at the Texas Tech

University Health Sciences Center and that is obsolete with

regard to the instructional objectives of the Health Sciences

Center.

Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3863, ch. 610, Sec. 1, eff.

June 19, 1983.

Sec. 110.15. TEXAS TECH DIABETES RESEARCH CENTER. (a) In this

section:

(1) "Board" means the board of regents of the Texas Tech

University System.

(2) "Center" means the Texas Tech Diabetes Research Center.

(b) The board shall establish the Texas Tech Diabetes Research

Center for purposes of researching issues related to:

(1) diabetes; and

(2) conditions associated with that disease, including

acanthosis nigricans, as defined by Section 95.001, Health and

Safety Code.

vested in the board.

(d) The board shall approve the employment of personnel by and

the operating budget of the center. An employee of the center is

an employee of the Texas Tech University System.

(e) The board shall select a site for the center at the regional

academic health center of the Texas Tech University Health

Sciences Center located in El Paso.

(f) The center may enter into an agreement or may cooperate with

a public or private entity to perform the research functions of

the center.

(g) The board may solicit, accept, and administer gifts and

grants from any public or private source for the use and benefit

of the center.

(h) In conducting its activities under this section, the center

shall consult with The University of Texas-Pan American Border

Health Office that administers the Type 2 Diabetes risk

assessment program under Chapter 95, Health and Safety Code.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 877, Sec. 1, eff. June 14,

2001.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.

504, Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.

Sec. 110.16. SECURITY POWERS RELATIVE TO HOSPITAL DISTRICT. (a)

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center campus security

personnel commissioned as peace officers under Section 51.203 of

this code have concurrent jurisdiction with commissioned peace

officers of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, to

enforce criminal laws of this state and city ordinances of the

City of Lubbock on property of the Lubbock County Hospital

District, including Lubbock General Hospital, that is adjacent to

property owned or controlled and occupied by Texas Tech

University Health Sciences Center.

(b) The Lubbock County Hospital District shall compensate campus

security personnel for the security and law enforcement services

they provide to the hospital district in the amount agreed on by

the Lubbock County Hospital District's Board of Managers and the

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Board of Regents.

(1) limit the police powers or enforcement jurisdiction of the

City of Lubbock or Lubbock County;

(2) render campus security personnel of the Texas Tech

University Health Sciences Center employees of the Lubbock County

Hospital District, or the City of Lubbock, or Lubbock County; or

(3) restrict the power or control of the Texas Tech University

Health Sciences Center Board of Regents over campus security

personnel.

Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3861, ch. 609, Sec. 1, eff.

June 19, 1983. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 110.13 by Acts

1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 5.01(a)(24) eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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