Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 73.054. COURSES AND DEGREES; RULES AND REGULATIONS. The board may prescribe courses leading to customary degrees offered in other leading American medical schools, may award the degrees, and may make other rules and regulations for the operation, control, and management of t…

Sec. 73.055. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS. The board may execute and carry out with any entity or institution affiliation or coordinating agreements that are reasonably necessary or desirable for the conduct and operation of a professional school of the first class;…

Sec. 73.056. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board may accept and administer, on terms and conditions satisfactory to it, grants or gifts of property, including real estate and money, that may be tendered to it in aid of the planning, establishment, conduct, and operation of the school and…

Sec. 73.057. TEACHING HOSPITAL. A complete teaching hospital for the school shall be furnished at no cost or expense to the state, and the state shall never contribute any funds for the construction, maintenance, or operation of a teaching hospital for the school. Acts 1971, 62nd…

Sec. 73.101. LOCATION. The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is located in the Texas Medical Center in the city of Houston. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3172, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 644, Sec. 7, eff. June 14, …

Sec. 73.102. PURPOSE; DEGREE PROGRAMS. (a) The institution and its substations shall be devoted to the diagnosis, teaching, study, prevention, and treatment of neoplastic and allied diseases. (b) If the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board determines that the role and missio…

Sec. 73.103. PRESIDENT. (a) The board of regents shall appoint a president of the institution. (b) To be qualified for appointment as president, a person must be a licensed physician possessing an M.D. degree with at least five years of experience practicing medicine. (c) The pre…

Sec. 73.104. MEDICAL STAFF. The medical staff of the institution shall be selected and employed by the board on the recommendation of the president, and may be discharged in like manner. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3172, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 73.105. DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT SUBSTATIONS. The board may establish and maintain diagnostic and treatment substations as deemed expedient from time to time. The location, erection, operation, and management of the substations are under the control and direction of the boar…

Sec. 73.106. PATIENTS. This subchapter governs the admission of patients to the institution and its substations, the support of patients, and other matters relating to patients. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3172, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1995, 74t…

Sec. 73.107. ADMISSION: RULES AND REGULATIONS; APPROVAL OF PRESIDENT. (a) Admission to the institution and its substations is subject to rules and regulations promulgated from time to time by the president. (b) No person shall be admitted until the president is satisfied that all…

Sec. 73.108. APPLICATION. (a) Admission is subject to the written application of the patient, the guardian of the patient, or some friend or relative of the patient. (b) The written application shall be on forms prescribed by the president and shall include: (1) the patient's nam…

Sec. 73.109. FEE SCHEDULE. The president shall establish a schedule of minimum fees and charges conforming to the fees and charges customarily made for similar services in the community in which the services are rendered. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3173, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, e…

Sec. 73.110. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board may accept gifts and grants of money from other than state sources for the benefit of the institution and its substations. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3173, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 73.111. ACCEPTANCE OF LAND IN MEDICAL CENTER. The board may accept for and in behalf of the State of Texas title by proper conveyance or conveyances to any land located in the Texas Medical Center for the operation and maintenance of the program of the institution. Acts 1971…

Sec. 73.112. TREATMENT OF INDIGENT PATIENTS. (a) The institution may enter into a contract with a county, public hospital, or hospital district to provide treatment to residents of the county or service area who are eligible for health care assistance under Chapter 61, Health and…

Sec. 73.113. SUFFICIENCY OF INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS, FEES, AND PATIENT BASE. The institution shall ensure that institutional funds and the institution's hospital and clinic fees and patient base are sufficient to fund and achieve the mission and strategic plan of the institution and …

Sec. 73.114. INCENTIVE RETIREMENT PLANS. (a) The institution may offer incentive retirement plans to employees of the institution who elect to retire under other state law. (b) An incentive offered to an employee by the institution must be paid from institutional funds or hospita…

Sec. 73.115. ACQUISITION OF GOODS AND SERVICES. (a) The institution may acquire goods or services by the method that provides the best value to the institution, including: (1) competitive bidding; (2) competitive sealed proposals; (3) catalogue purchase; (4) a group purchasing pr…

Sec. 73.151. DEAN. (a) The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston is under the direction of a dean appointed by the board of regents. (b) To be qualified for appointment as dean, a person must have a doctor of medicine degree or a doctor of philosop…

Sec. 73.152. SCOPE; DEGREE PROGRAMS; RULES AND REGULATIONS. (a) The board of regents may prescribe courses and conduct graduate and postdoctoral programs at the master's and doctoral levels in the sciences and other academic areas directly related to medical education and researc…

Sec. 73.153. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board may accept and administer grants and gifts from any source for the benefit of the graduate school. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3174, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 73.154. RESEARCH AND GRADUATE INSTRUCTION; JOINT APPOINTMENTS. (a) The board may expend funds appropriated by the legislature to the graduate school and grant, gift, and contract funds of the school in support of research and graduate instruction, within approved areas and p…

Sec. 73.155. AFFILIATION AND COOPERATION WITH OTHER UNITS. The graduate school shall maintain the closest possible affiliation with the science programs at The University of Texas at Austin and with the other medical units of The University of Texas System. It shall cooperate wit…

Sec. 73.156. DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION. The board may establish as a part of the graduate school a separate division of continuing education for physicians. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3175, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. SUBCHAPTER E. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS S…

Sec. 73.201. LOCATION. The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston is located in the Texas Medical Center in the city of Houston. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3175, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 73.202. GIFTS AND DONATIONS. The board of regents may accept gifts and donations for the benefit of the school. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3175, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. SUBCHAPTER F. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DENTAL BRANCH AT HOUSTON

Sec. 73.301. COMPOSITION, LOCATION. The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston is composed of The University of Texas Dental School at Houston, The University of Texas Dental Science Institute at Houston, The University of Texas School of Dental Hygiene at Houston, The Univ…

Sec. 73.302. PURPOSE. The principal purpose of the dental school is to teach the subjects of dental education that will give a thorough knowledge of dentistry and related subjects and that meet the requirements of the Council on Dental Education, the American Association of Denta…

Sec. 73.303. FACULTY. The board of regents shall appoint the faculty of the dental school. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3175, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 73.304. COURSES AND DEGREES; RULES AND REGULATIONS. (a) The board may confer degrees and issue diplomas, and may fix a standard of grades for students. (b) The dental school shall have regular courses leading to degrees and special courses deemed necessary by the board. (c) …

Sec. 73.305. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board may accept gifts and grants from any source for the benefit of the dental branch. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3176, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. SUBCHAPTER G. HARRIS COUNTY PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

Sec. 73.401. ESTABLISHMENT. The Harris County Psychiatric Center has been developed and built by Harris County, Texas, and a former state agency that provided services to persons with mental illness, persons with intellectual disabilities, and persons with developmental disabilit…

Sec. 73.402. MISSION. The Harris County Psychiatric Center has been established with the mission of caring for mentally ill persons; other major parts of this mission include research into the causes and cures of mental illness and the education of professionals in the care of th…

Sec. 73.403. OPERATION OF COMMITMENT CENTER. Harris County, the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD, or both of those entities, may operate on the premises of the Harris County Psychiatric Center a commitment center, the functions of which may include patient screening, intak…

Sec. 73.404. FUNDING. (a) Funding for the state-supported facilities and operations of the Harris County Psychiatric Center shall be provided through legislative appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission and to The University of Texas System, and any appropriatio…

Sec. 73.405. OPERATIONS. (a) The state-supported facilities of the Harris County Psychiatric Center shall be leased to and operated and administered by The University of Texas System in accordance with a lease and operating agreement. The facilities supported by the county or the…

Sec. 73.406. REVENUES. That portion of any revenues related to the provision of patient services through the operation of the Harris County Psychiatric Center facilities that are leased or subleased by and to The University of Texas System shall be accounted for and expended in a…

Sec. 73.501. TRANSFER AND LEASE OF FACILITIES. (a) The governance, operation, management, and control of the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences and all land, buildings, improvements thereon, and major fixed equipment comprising said institute shall be leased from the Hea…

Sec. 73.502. TRANSFER OF GIFTS, GRANTS, UNEXPENDED BALANCES, CONTRACTS, AND OBLIGATIONS. Any gifts, grants, unexpended balances of appropriated or unappropriated funds, and all movable equipment that was held by a former state agency that provided services to persons with mental …

Sec. 73.503. EMPLOYEES. (a) Present institute personnel shall be allowed to apply for employment with The University of Texas System, Harris County, or the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD and be given priority consideration for such employment. (b) If employed by The Univ…

Sec. 73.504. NAME OF INSTITUTE. Hereafter, the name of the institute shall be The University of Texas Mental Sciences Institute. Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 848, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.