HSC Rules and Policies - Texas A&M Health Science Center

HSC Institutional Rules and Policies

01 Governance
	01.01.01.Z1	Development and Approval of Health Science Center Rules
	01.01.01.Z1.01 (IP)	Development and Approval of Health Science Center Internal Policies
03 Statement of Mission and Objectives
	03.02.01.Z1.01 (IP)	Procedure for Modifying Mission Statements of HSC Member Institutions
	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
	11.04.99.Z2 (IP)	Criminal Background Checks on Students
	11.07.99.Z1	Granting of Honorary Degrees
	11.08.99.Z1	Award of Posthumous Degrees
12 Faculty
	12.01.99.Z1	Procedures for Modifying Internal Policies Related to Faculty Academic Issues
	12.01.99.Z1.01 (IP)	Faculty Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Appendix A: Promotion Criteria (PDF) Appendix B: Faculty Record (Curriculum Vitae) (PDF) (or as fillable Word doc) Appendix C: Component Level Tenure Track Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Review (PDF) Appendix D: Letter Format from Component to HSC APT Review Committee (PDF) Appendix E: Transmittal Form for Recommending Promotion and Tenure (PDF) FAQ on Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure
	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
	12.03.Z1.01 (IP)	Faculty Academic Workload
	12.04.99.Z1	Faculty Senate
	12.06.99.Z1.01 (IP)	Post Tenure Review (PDF)
	12.06.99.Z1	Post Tenure Review Rules
	12.99.01.Z1.01 (IP)	Faculty Development Leave
	12.99.99.Z1.01 (IP)	Faculty Recruitment Procedures
	12.99.99.Z1.02 (IP)	Designation of Emeritus Faculty
	12.99.99.Z1.03 (IP)	Selection of Faculty to Distinguished Professor (PDF)
13 Students
	13.02.99.Z1	Student Rights and Obligations
	13.03.99.Z1.01 (IP)	Scholarship Compliance Committee
	13.04.Z1	Student Travel in Health Science Center Vehicles
	13.99.99.Z1.01 (IP)	Non-Resident Tuition Waiver for Competitive Scholarship Recipients
15 Research Programs
	15.01.01.Z1.01 (IP)	Research Administration (PDF)
	15.01.01.Z1.02 (IP)	Grants Management for HSC Faculty Employed by Affiliated Hospitals, Clinics or Organizations
	15.01.01.Z1.03 (IP)	Freedom to Publish Research Results
	15.01.03.Z1	Conflicts of Interest in the Design, Conduct and Reporting of Sponsored Research Conflict of Interest Form A (PDF) Conflict of Interest Form B (PDF)
	15.99.01.Z1	Human Subjects in Research (PDF)
	15.99.01.Z1.01 (IP)	Human Subjects in Research
	15.99.03.Z1	Ethics in Research and Scholarship

	15.99.99.Z1.01 (IP)	Visiting Professors/Scholars Not Involved in an Employer/Employee Relationship
	15.99.99.Z1.02 (IP)	Research Development and Enhancement Awards Program
	15.99.99.Z1.03 (IP)	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 (IP)	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 (IP)	Management of Technology Commercialization Through Patents and Licensure of Intellectual Properties
21 General
	21.01.99.Z1.01 (IP)	Salary Savings Generated from Vacant Positions
	21.99.10.Z1.	Software Licensing
22 Asset Management
23 Debt Management
24 Risk Management
	24.99.99.Z1	Security of Electronic Information Resources
25 Expenditure of Funds
	25.02.01.Z1	Travel Expenditures
	25.02.01.Z2	Foreign Travel
	25.07.01.Z1.01 (IP)	President's Delegation of Authority For Contract Administration
	25.99.08.Z1.01 (IP)	Allowances for Communication Devices
26 Tuition and Fees
	26.01.Z1.01 (IP)	Excess Semester Credit Hours
27 Financial Planning and Budgeting
	27.04.01.Z1	Budget Authorizations, Limitations, and Delegations of Authority
28 Auxiliary Enterprise, Privatization, etc.
31 Compensation and Benefits
	31.01.08.Z1	Faculty Merit Payment Program
	31.01.08.Z2	Merit Salary Increases Outside the Regular Budget Cycle for Non-faculty Employees
	31.99.01.Z1	Employees Registering as Students
	31.99.99.Z1.01 (IP)	President's Delegation of Authority for Human Resource Administration
32 Employee Relations
	32.01.01.Z1	Complaint and Appeal Procedures for Faculty
	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
	33.04.99.Z1	Acceptable Use of Computers and Networks
	33.99.01.Z1.01 (IP)	Employment Practices for Security Sensitive Positions
34 Safety of Employees and Students
	34.01.99.Z1	Sexual Harassment
	34.02.99.Z1	Alcohol and Illegal Substance Abuse
	34.05.99.Z1	Smoking and Use of Tobacco Products
41 Real Estate Management
51 Facilities Planning and Construction
60 Relations with Financial Support Organizations
61 Information and Communications
	61.99.99.Z1.01 (IP)	Governmental Affairs