Title 37, Education

It shall be the duty of the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning to elect or appoint a dean of this school; to determine and provide for an adequate faculty, staff and other employees; to fix and provide for the compensation of said faculty, staff and employ…

The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is directed, empowered and authorized to take necessary and proper actions to assure that the school of dentistry of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, as hereby established, acquires and maintains recognit…

The state building commission is authorized and directed to provide suitable land presently state owned or received as a gift, and buildings to house the school of dentistry; and payment for the construction costs of such buildings shall be made from any money made available to c…

The new building, currently under construction at the University of Mississippi School of Law, located in Oxford, Mississippi, shall be named the “Robert C. Khayat Law Center.” The University of Mississippi School of Law shall prepare a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a promi…

(a) A special fund, to be designated as the “2023 Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom Fund”, is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the Gene…

(1) The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, acting on behalf of the University of Mississippi, is authorized to enter into a long-term lease(s) of all or any portion of certain real property under its control and possession. The property described in this …

(1) The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, acting on behalf of the University of Mississippi, is authorized to enter into a long-term sublease(s) of all or any portion of the real property described in Section 37-115-1 which is under its control and posse…

If all or any portion of the property described in Section 37-115-141 is leased, the University of Mississippi, with the approval of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, is authorized to negotiate all aspects of any lease(s) or sublease(s) and any terms…

(1) All proceeds derived or received from the agreements and lease(s) entered into under Sections 37-115-141 and 37-115-143 shall be deposited into a special fund and expended only for the use and benefit of the University of Mississippi. (2) At the end of the lease term provided…

Whenever used in Sections 37-115-21 through 37-115-33, the term “medical school” shall mean the four-year, standard medical school provided for in Section 37-115-23 as a department of the University of Mississippi.

There is hereby created a four-year, standard medical school as a department of the University of Mississippi, which school shall be equipped and operated as a standard medical school in accordance with the recommended standards of the Council on Medical Education and hospitals o…

(1) There shall be built, equipped and operated as a part of the medical school, a teaching hospital of the size of not less than three-hundred-fifty-bed capacity, together with all ancillary buildings and physical facilities needful or proper for the establishment, operation and…

The medical school and teaching hospital shall be built and equipped together, in connection with each other, or as nearly together or connected as may promote the most efficient operation of both of them in proper coordination one with the other. The medical school and teaching …

The state building commission shall construct the buildings and all other related facilities for said medical school and teaching hospital. When such buildings shall have been constructed and made ready for occupancy, the lands so selected by the state building commission for the…

The lands and property of the University of Mississippi shall not be subject to state, county or municipal taxation. The buildings and improvements that are or may be erected on any land belonging to the university that has been or may be leased to private persons for the purpose…

The teaching hospital and related facilities shall be utilized to serve the people of Mississippi generally. The teaching hospital and related facilities shall have the power necessary to enter into group purchasing arrangements as deemed reasonable and necessary, and such powers…

The state building commission in the development of the architectural facilities of the medical center and hospital facilities is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to erect and equip adequate facilities for the training of nurses under such rules and regulations as may be…

The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a fund to be known as “The Fielding L. Wright Memorial Health Fund,” which fund shall be administered by said board. (a) The corpus of “The Fielding L. Wright Memorial H…

(1) For the purposes of this section:(a) “Applicant” means any person who is applying to become an employee of UMMC.(b) “Employee” means an employee, contractor, temporary worker or consultant.(c) “UMMC” means the University of Mississippi Medical Center. (a) “Applicant” means an…

(1) The University of Mississippi Medical Center, in collaboration with the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services and the Office of the Attorney General, is authorized and empowered to establish a Center of Excellence (Center) to provide care for abused and neglecte…

(1) The University of Mississippi Medical Center shall establish a separate unit at the medical center for the treatment of burn victims, which shall be known as the Mississippi Burn Center. The opening and operation of the Mississippi Burn Center shall be conditioned upon the Bo…

(1) The University of Mississippi Medical Center is authorized to dispose of food that has been frozen or properly preserved for human consumption through donation to charitable facilities, charitable organizations and/or individuals providing charitable services as the Medical C…

(1) The University of Mississippi Medical Center is authorized, in its discretion, to rearrange or disinter, remove or reinter, where applicable, human remains reposing in the potter’s field located on the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s property to a different locatio…

(1) During fiscal year 2010, the State Fiscal Officer shall transfer the sum of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) from the State General Fund to the University of Mississippi Medical Center - ACT Center Fund created in subsection (2) of this section. (2) (a) There is created …

(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “Cancer Center Fund.” The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state. The fund shall consist of funds made …

The lands belonging to the University of Mississippi shall not be leased without a provision in the lease for the payment of an annual rent to the treasurer of the institution.

(a) For purposes of Sections 37-115-50 through 37-115-50.3, the following terms shall have the following meanings:(a) “Academic medical center” means the teaching, research, and clinical facilities and services provided, established, or operated by a public university under Chapt…

Subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (hereafter known as the “academic medical center”) is authorized to directly or indirectly enter into joint-purchasing arrangements, however str…

(1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The academic medical center and health care collaboratives organized under Section 37-115-50.1, together with the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning under which the academic medical center ope…

(1) In addition to all powers granted in Section 37-115-50.1, subject to any required approval of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the academic medical center and its health care collaboratives (acting individually or collectively) shall be empowere…

The legislature hereby finds that there is great need of additional and better trained nurses in Mississippi and the purpose of this section is to meet that need to the extent herein provided. The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby authorized and…

Any county of this state now or hereafter having a population of more than 100,000 according to the latest available census, acting by and through its board of supervisors, is hereby authorized and empowered to contribute the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,5…

Any such county as is provided for in Section 37-115-61 is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and sell its bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness for the purpose of providing funds with which to make the contribution or donation authorized under the provisions of s…

The proceeds of any contribution made by any county under the provisions of Section 37-115-61, including the proceeds of any bonds issued for such purpose, shall be paid by the board of supervisors of such county into the state treasury into a special fund in the state treasury t…

If any such county makes the contribution or donation as provided for in Section 37-115-61, neither such donation nor any provisions of Sections 37-115-61 through 37-115-67 shall be held to give rise to any right of title, lien, encumbrance or other right in the buildings, facili…

Any county of this state now or hereafter having a population of more than one hundred thousand according to the latest available census, and in which there is located a municipality of one hundred thousand or more, acting by and through its board of supervisors, is hereby author…

Any such county as is provided for in Section 37-115-69 is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and sell its bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness for the purpose of providing funds with which to make the contribution or donation authorized under the provisions of s…

The proceeds of any contribution made by any county under the provisions of Section 37-115-69, including the proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued for such purposes, shall be paid by the board of supervisors of such county into the state treasury into a special fund to the c…

If any such county makes the contribution or donation as provided for in Section 37-115-69, neither such donation nor any provisions of Sections 37-115-69 through 37-115-75 shall be held to give rise to any right of title, lien, encumbrance or other right in the buildings, facili…