Bill 2425

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               2425
Ratification Number:       27
Act Number                 13
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Organization and powers of the Board of
                           Trustees of the Medical University

(A13, R27, H2425)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-123-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION AND POWERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, SO AS TO CHANGE THE REFERENCE TO DEGREES IN ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES AND RELATED HEALTH FIELDS TO DEGREES IN HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS AND GRADUATE STUDIES IN RELATED HEALTH FIELDS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Organization and powers of the board

SECTION 1. Section 59-123-60 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-123-60. The board of trustees shall elect one of its number to be chairman and is authorized to elect a university president, one or more vice-presidents, and a secretary, prescribe their duties and terms of office, and fix their compensation. It shall elect teachers of professorial rank in the various colleges which make up The Medical University of South Carolina and other officers and employees as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the university and fix their compensation, the fees and charges of students, and the rules for the government of the university. The board of trustees also has the following powers:

(1) to make bylaws and regulations considered expedient for the management of its affairs and its own operations not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States;

(2) to confer the appropriate degrees in medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, nursing, health related professions, and graduate studies in related health fields upon students and other persons as in the opinion of the board of trustees may be qualified to receive them."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.