Chapter XI. The Schools and Colleges and Affiliated Units (continued)
Bylaws Table of Contents | Detailed Table of Contents Sec. 11.30. The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: The Executive Committee The executive committee will consist of the dean and six members of the faculty to be appointed by the Board on recommendation by the president. The appointed members will hold office for three years and will not be eligible for reappointment until after the lapse of one year. The terms will be so adjusted that two will expire each year. The dean will chair the committee. Sec. 11.31. The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Laboratories and Museum Collections All special laboratories and all working collections in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts will be under the immediate direction of the chair of the departments of which they are a part, except for the collections maintained by each of the following units: the Museum of Anthropology, the Kelsey Museum of Ancient and Medieval Archaeology, the University Herbarium, the Museum of Paleontology, the Museum of Zoology, and such other units as may from time to time be added by the Board. Each of these units will be in the charge of a director appointed by the Board, on recommendation by the president and responsible to the dean and the executive committee. Sec. 11.32. The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Exhibit Museums There will be maintained in the University Museums Building appropriate exhibits in natural history and anthropology for the educational benefit of the University community and the general public. These exhibits and the staff required to prepare and maintain them will be under a director appointed by the Board on recommendation by the president, and responsible to the dean and executive committee. Sec. 11.33. The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Astronomical Observatories The Astronomical Observatories of the University will be in the charge of a director, appointed by the Board on recommendation by the president and responsible to the dean and executive committee. The director will have supervision of and be responsible for the astronomical and meteorological instruments and apparatus. Sec. 11.34. The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: The Edwin S. George Reserve The Edwin S. George Reserve will be maintained for the purpose of providing education and research opportunities in the natural sciences, and of preserving and demonstrating the native fauna and flora. It will be equally available to all qualified members of the University staff. The reserve will be in the charge of the director of the Museum of Zoology, who will be ex officio director of the reserve, responsible to the dean and executive committee. The director will be advised by an executive committee appointed by the dean and representative of all units interested in the use of the reserve for teaching or research purposes. The members of the executive committee will be appointed for terms of three years each, so adjusted as to insure a maximum of continuity in the membership of the committee. The director will be ex officio chair of the executive committee. Sec. 11.35. The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: The Biological Station The Biological Station at Douglas Lake will be maintained for the purpose of combining field work with instruction and research in the biological sciences. Its facilities will be equally available to all qualified members of the University staff. The station will be in the charge of a director appointed by the Board on recommendation by the president and responsible to the dean and executive committee. The director will be ex officio custodian of the lands assigned to the Biological Station for scientific purposes. The director will be assisted by an executive committee consisting of the following: the director of the Biological Station, ex officio, who will be chair; the chair of the Division of Biological Sciences, ex officio; the dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment, ex officio, or the dean's designated representative; the director of the Great Lakes and Marine Waters Center, ex officio, or the director's designated representative; a representative of the group for botany; a representative of the group for ecology, behavior, and evolutionary biology; a representative of the group for systematics; and an elected representative of the Biological Station faculty. The executive committee will be responsible for the general management of the station and the lands assigned thereto for scientific purposes; for developing educational policies and programs; for making recommendations to the dean and the executive committee concerning budgets, appointments, and plant development and operation. Scientists who are visiting workers at the camp may be admitted to all of the privileges of the students subject to the approval of the director and subject, further, to all the restrictions and obligations imposed upon students. Sec. 11.36. The University of Michigan Health System The term, the University of Michigan Health System, includes, the University of Michigan Medical School, the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, M-Care, and the Michigan Health Corporation, all functioning cooperatively in teaching, research, and patient care. Sec. 11.37. The Medical School: The Executive Faculty The executive faculty will consist of all faculty members of the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, clinical professor, clinical associate professor, clinical assistant professor, research professor, research associate professor, research assistant professor, and assistant research scientist. The executive faculty will also include instructors, clinical instructors, and lecturers who have appointments of halftime or more and who have been appointed for more than one year. It will perform the duties assigned to the governing faculties of other schools and colleges. Sec. 11.38. The Medical School Executive Committee The executive committee will consist of the dean, the director and chief executive officer of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, and eight members of the executive faculty (four instructional, one research, one clinical, and two department chairs) to be appointed by the Board of Regents on recommendation by the president. The executive vice president for medical affairs may attend the executive committee meetings as an invited observer, but may not vote on matters before the executive committee. The appointed members will hold office for three years and will not be eligible for reappointment until after the lapse of one year. The terms will be staggered so as to provide continuity of membership. The dean will chair the committee. Sec. 11.39. The Medical School: Full-time and Part-time Service of Faculty Members Members of the faculty of the Medical School occupying clinical chairs may be either on a full-time or a part-time basis as arranged in each instance. Anyone of professorial rank in a clinical department who desires to change from full-time to part-time or vice versa may at any time, with the approval of the chair of the individual's department, the dean, the executive committee and the Board, be permitted to change his or her status. A part-time appointment does not confer the privilege to practice in the Hospitals and Health Centers unless such privilege has been expressly granted as provided in the Medical Staff bylaws. Sec. 11.40. The Medical School: The Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute (revised April 2005) The Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute will be maintained for the purpose of conducting basic research concerning human behavior, normal and abnormal, focusing on the problems of mental health and the prevention, treatment, and cure of mental disease. The institute will be a part of the Department of Psychiatry of the Medical School . The institute will be in the charge of a director appointed by the Board, on recommendation by the dean of the Medical School , the executive vice president for medical affairs, and the president and responsible through the chair of the Department of Psychiatry to the dean, the executive committee, and the executive vice president for medical affairs. The director will be assisted by an advisory committee of nine members. Six of these will be ex officio : the dean of the Medical School or his or her designee, the executive vice president for medical affairs or his or her designee, the vice president for research or his or her designee, the dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts or his or her designee, the dean of the School of Public Health or his or her designee, and the chair of the Department of Psychiatry. The other three will be appointed by the Board on recommendation by the president, the executive vice president for medical affairs, and the dean of the Medical School , with terms so arranged that one will expire each year. Sec. 11.41. The School of Nursing Executive Committee The executive committee will consist of the dean and six members of the faculty to be appointed by the Board on recommendation by the president. The appointed members will hold office for three years and will not be eligible for reappointment until after the lapse of one year. The terms will be so adjusted that two will expire each year. The dean will chair the committee. Sec. 11.42. The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers will be maintained for the purpose of providing the people of the state of Michigan with the highest type of hospital service and medical care and of providing suitable facilities for the teaching and advancement of medicine and allied sciences, arts, and skills. It will provide for the observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment of patients entitled to its benefits, pursuant to the laws of this state and the authority of the Board. Its services and facilities will be available so far as possible to all units of the University conducting programs of teaching and research in medicine, dentistry, public health, nursing, dietetics, social service, hospital administration, and such other related programs as may from time to time be established by authority of the Board. Sec. 11.43. The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers Executive Board There will be an executive board of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers composed of the president; the dean of the Medical School; the dean of the School of Nursing; the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs; the executive vice president and chief financial officer; the vice president for government relations; the executive vice president for medical affairs; the chief of clinical affairs of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers; the director and chief executive officer of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers; the chief of nursing affairs of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers and associate dean for clinical affairs, School of Nursing; and two nominees from the medical/dental staff of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers. The chair will be named by the Board of Regents. The nominees of the medical/dental staff will be appointed by the Board of Regents and will serve four-year terms, so staggered to provide one replacement each two years. Sec. 11.44. The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers Executive Board: Powers and Duties The Board of Regents is responsible for establishing the mission, goals, and objectives of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers as set out in Sec. 11.42 and for the quality of medical care services provided; approval of all major programs and operating budgets; the approval of capital and facility plans; and appointment of the director and chief executive officer of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers. In all of the above matters, the executive board of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers is expected to make recommendations to the president and the Board of Regents. The executive board of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers is itself charged with responsibility and empowered to establish programs, services, and administrative units to meet the goals and objectives of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers; to review and approve medical/dental staff bylaws, rules, and regulations governing medical care rendered; to appoint and delineate hospital privileges for medical/dental staff members; to review and approve the internal organizational structure of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers; to determine appropriate delegation of authority to the director and chief executive officer of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers within the system of general University administration; to insure fulfillment of external requirements for Hospitals and Health Centers' management; to review and approve Hospitals and Health Centers sponsored training programs; to review and approve appropriate use of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers for clinical educational and training experience by various health schools of the University; and to take such steps as are needed to insure periodic evaluation of Hospitals and Health Centers' operations to assure that goals and objectives are achieved. In carrying out the above delegated powers, the executive board of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers will submit periodic reports through the president to the Board of Regents. The executive board will submit its minutes to the Board of Regents. Sec. 11.45. The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers: The Director and Chief Executive Officer The director and chief executive officer of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers will be appointed by the Board of Regents upon recommendation by the president. The director and chief executive officer will be responsible to the executive vice president for medical affairs, and will have immediate responsibility for the operation, maintenance and administrative affairs of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers. The director and chief executive officer will serve as a member of the executive board of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers. The director and chief executive officer will, ex officio, be a member of the Medical School Executive Committee. Sec. 11.46. The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers: Professional Service The professional medical service of the Hospitals and Health Centers will be rendered by the departments or units of the Medical School. Sec. 11.47. The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers: Admission of Patients Patients will be admitted to the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers for diagnosis, care, and treatment which will be provided in accordance with rules and regulations formulated from time to time by the executive board of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers and approved by the Board of Regents. If you have questions or suggestions regarding the bylaws section of our website, please email them to nasin@umich.edu. Bylaws updated: April 2008 (Section 11.07) |
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