CHAPTER 110. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
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.
(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 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.
(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, 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.