2005 Texas Education Code CHAPTER 110. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

EDUCATION CODE

CHAPTER 110. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319, § 2, 
eff. June 6, 1979.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319, § 2, 
eff. June 6, 1979.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319, § 2, 
eff. June 6, 1979.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319, § 2, 
eff. June 6, 1979.


	§ 110.05. COURSES OFFERED.  The board may prescribe 
courses leading to customary degrees.

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


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319, § 2, 
eff. June 6, 1979.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319, § 2, 
eff. June 6, 1979.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319, § 2, 
eff. June 6, 1979.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319, § 2, 
eff. June 6, 1979.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 724, ch. 319, § 2, 
eff. June 6, 1979.


	§ 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, § 4, eff. Sept. 
1, 1975.


	§ 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, § 2, eff. May 8, 
1975.  Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Education Code § 110.11 and 
amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 725, ch. 319, § 3, eff. June 
6, 1979.


	§ 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, § 2, eff. Sept. 
1, 1975.  Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Education Code § 110.11 and 
amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 721, ch. 166, § 4, eff. May 
20, 1983.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. June 
19, 1983.


	§ 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.
	(c)  The organization, control, and management of the center 
are 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 Texas-Mexico Border Health 
Coordination Office of The University of Texas-Pan American that 
administers an acanthosis nigricans screening program under 
Chapter 95, Health and Safety Code.

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


	§ 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.
	(c)  Subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not:                           
		(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, § 1, eff. June 
19, 1983.  Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Education Code § 110.13 by 
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, § 5.01(a)(24) eff. Sept. 1, 1987.