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01 Governance
  01.01.01.Z1 Development and Approval of Health Science Center Rules (PDF)
  01.01.01.Z1.01 (IP) Development and Approval of Health Science Center Internal Policies (PDF)
03 Statement of Mission and Objectives
  03.02.01.Z1.01 (IP) Procedures for Modifying Mission Statements (PDF)
  03.02.02.Z1.01 (IP) Establishing a New Academic Program (PDF)
07 Ethics, Conflict of Interest
08 Governance, Organization, and Administration, Miscellaneous
  08.99.99.Z1.01 (IP) Appointment of Department Chairs (PDF)
11 Mission and Programs, General
  11.02.99.Z1.01 (IP) Creation and Review of Research Centers and Institutes (PDF)
  11.04.99.Z1 (IP) Required Drug Screening of Students (PDF)
  11.04.99.Z2 (IP) Criminal Background Checks on Students (PDF)
  11.07.99.Z1 Granting of Honorary Degrees (PDF)
  11.08.99.Z1 Award of Posthumous Degrees (PDF)
12 Faculty
  12.01.99.Z1 Procedures for Modifying Faculty Rules (PDF)
  12.01.99.Z1.01 (IP) Faculty Appointment, Promotion and Tenure (PDF)

FAQ on Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure (PDF)
  12.01.99.Z1.02 (IP) Guidelines for Graduate Faculty Membership, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (PDF)
  12.01.99.Z1.03 (IP) Academic Freedom, Ethics, Responsibilities, Rights and Tenure (PDF)
  12.01.99.Z1.04 (IP) Conflicts of Commitment and Interest (PDF)
  12.03.Z1.01 (IP) Faculty Workload (PDF)
  12.04.99.Z1 Faculty Senate (PDF)
  12.06.99.Z1 Post Tenure Review (PDF)
  12.06.99.Z1.01 (IP) Post Tenure Review (PDF)
  12.99.01.Z1.01 Faculty Development Leave
  12.99.99.Z1.01 Faculty Recruitment Procedures (PDF)
  • Appendix A - Authorization to Recruit Faculty
  • Appendix B - Tenured or Tenure Track Offer Letter (template)
  • Appendix C - Non-Tenure Track Offer Letter (template)
  • Appendix D - Prospective Faculty Member Fluent in English
  • Appendix E - Applicant Analysis
  • Appendix F - Tenure Track Probationary Agreement
  • Appendix G - Non-tenure Track Agreement
  • Appendix H - Approval of Offer to Prospective Faculty
    •   12.99.99.Z1.02 Designation of Emeritus Faculty (PDF)
      12.99.99.Z1.03 Selection of Faculty to Distinguised Professor (PDF)
    13 Students
      13.02.99.Z1.01 Students Rights and Obligations (PDF)
      13.03.99.Z1.01 Scholarship Compliance Committee (PDF)
      13.04.99.Z1 Student Travel in HSC Vehicles
      13.99.99.Z1.01 Non-Resident Tuition Waiver for Competitive Scholarship Recipients (PDF)
      13.99.99.Z1.02 Limitation on the Number of Courses That May Be Dropped under Certain Circumstances by Undergraduate Students (PDF)
    15 Research Programs
      15.01.01.Z1.01 Research Administration (PDF)
      15.01.01.Z1.02 Grants Management for HSC Faculty Employed by Affiliated Hospitals, Clinics or Organizations (PDF)
      15.01.01.Z1.03 Freedom to Publish Research Results (PDF)
      15.01.01.Z1.04 Facilities and Administrative Cost-Description and Negotiated Rates (PDF)
      15.01.03.Z1 Conflicts of Interest in the Design, Conduct and Reporting of Sponsored Research
      15.99.01.Z1 Human Subjects In Research (PDF)
      15.99.01.Z1.01 Human Subjects in Research
      15.99.03.Z1 Ethics in Research and Scholarship (PDF)
      15.99.99.Z1.01 Visiting Professors/Scholars Not Involved in Employer/Employee Relationship (PDF)
      15.99.99.Z1.03 Controlled Substances Used in Non-Clinical Educational and Research Activities
      15.99.99.Z2 Use of Laboratory Animals in Research, Teaching, and Testing
      15.99.99.Z2.01 Use of Laboratory Animals in Research, Teaching, and Testing
    17 Intellectual Property
      17.02.01.Z1 Intellectual Property, Patents, Copyrights, Information Technology, and Classified Proprietary Research
      17.02.01.Z1.01 Management of Technology Commercialization Through Patents and Licensure of Intellectual Properties
    21 General
      21.01.04.Z1.01 Identity Theft Prevention Program (PDF)
      21.01.99.Z1.01 Salary Savings from Vacant Positions (PDF)
      21.99.10.Z1 Software Licensing (PDF)
    22 Asset Management
    23 Debt Managemment
    24 Risk Management
      24.99.99.Z1 Security of Electronic Information Resources (PDF)
    25 Expenditure of Funds
      25.02.01.Z1 Travel Expenditures (PDF)
      25.02.01.Z2 Foreign Travel (PDF)
      25.07.01.Z1.01 President's Delegation of Authority for Contract Administration (PDF)
      25.99.08.Z1.01 Allowances for Communication Devices (PDF)
      25.99.99.Z1.01 (IP) Memberships (PDF)
    26 Tuition and Fees
      26.01.Z1.01 (IP)
    		 Excess Semester Credit Hours (PDF)
    27 Financial Planning and Budgeting
      27.04.01.Z1 Budget Authorizations, Limitations, and Delegations of Authority (PDF)
    28 Auxiliary Enterprise, Privatization, etc.
    31 Compensation and Benefits
      31.01.08.Z1 Faculty Merit Payment Program (PDF)
      31.01.08.Z2 Merit Salary Increases Outside the Regular Budget Cycle for Non-faculty Employees (PDF)
      31.99.01.Z1 Employees Registering as Students (PDF)
      31.99.99.Z1.01 (IP) President's Delegation of Authority for Human Resource Administration (PDF)
    32 Employee Relations
      32.01.01.Z1 Complaint and Appeal Procedures for Faculty (PDF)
      32.01.02.Z1 Complaint and Appeal Procedure for Nonfaculty Employees
    33 Conditions and Terms of Employment, Standards of Conduct
      33.01.01.Z1 Political Campaign Events on Health Science Center Property (PDF)
      33.06.01.Z1

    Flexible Work Schedule (PDF)
      33.04.99.Z1

    Acceptable Use of Computers and Networks (PDF)
      33.99.14.Z1
    		 Criminal History Record Information-Employees and Applicants (PDF)
    34 Safety of Employees and Students
      34.01.99.Z1 Sexual Harassment (PDF)
      34.02.99.Z1 Alcohol and Illegal Substance Abuse (HTML)
      34.05.99.Z1 Smoking and Use of Tobacco Products (PDF)
    41 Real Estate Management
    51 Facilities Planning and Construction
      51.06.99.Z1 Naming Opportunities (PDF)
    60 Relations with Financial Support Organizations
    61 Information and Communications
      61.01.02.Z1.01 (IP) Public Information (PDF)
      61.99.99.Z1.01 (IP) Governmental Affairs (PDF)
      61.99.01.Z1.01 (IP) Records Management (PDF)