General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature Page: 1,191
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Ch. 475
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
CHAPTER 475 40
H. B. No. 500
An Act authorizing and directing the Board of Regents of The University of
Texas to establish a graduate school of biomedical sciences In Houston,
Harris County, Texas, to be known as The University of Texas Graduate
School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, and to be operated as a com-
ponent unit of The University of Texas system; providing for a dean to
be responsible to the Board of Ftegents through the Chancellor; author-
Izing said Board of Regents to conduct graduate and postdoctoral programs
- at the master's and doctoral levels in the sciences and related academic
areas pertinent to medical education and research; providing for the
awarding of degrees; authorizing the Board of Regents to make rules
and regulations for the operation, control, and management of the new
Graduate School; authorizing the Board to accept and administer grants
and gifts in aid of the establishment and administration of the School;
authorizing the Board to expend appropriated funds and gift, grant, and
contract funds at the School's own facilities or in facilities of other com-
ponent units of The University of Texas In Houston; authorizing Joint
appointments; requiring affiliation with the science programs at the Main
University in Austin and with other medical units of The University of
Texas, and cooperation with other institutions; suspending the operation
of The University of Texas Postgraduate School of Medicine at Houston
and authorizing establishment of a division of continuing education as a
part of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston; making
available to the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston ap-
propriations to, and contracts entered into on behalf of, The University of
Texas Postgraduate School of Medicine at Houston; and declaring an
emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
Section 1. There is hereby established a graduate school of biomedical
sciences in Houston, Harris County, Texas, to be known as The University
of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, and to be
operated by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas as a com-
ponent unit of The University of Texas system. The Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences at Houston shall be under the direction of a dean hav-
ing an M.D. degree or Ph.D. degree in one of the Biomedical Sciences who
shall be appointed by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas
and who shall be responsible through the Chancellor or other executive
officer of the Board to the Board of Regents of The University of Texas.
Sec. 2. The Board of Regents of The University of Texas shall have
the authority to 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 research, but
said Board of Regents shall not operate this institution as a general aca-
demic graduate school. The degree programs to be offered by The Univer-
sity of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston shall
be approved by the Texas Commission on Higher Education. All degrees
shall be awarded by The University of Texas, Austin, Texas. The Board
of Regents is hereby authorized to make such other rules and regulations
necessary for the operation, control and management of the new Univer-
sity of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston as may
be necessary for the operation of said Graduate School.
Sec. 3. The Board of Regents of The University of Texas is authorized
to accept and administer grants, gifts of property, money, and donations
40. Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 2603f-2.
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature, legislative document, 1963; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221759/m1/1527/?q=+date%3A1945-1972: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.