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TN Code § 49-9-409 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 4 - Institute for Public Service|§ 49-9-409. Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership

  As part of the Institute for Public Service, the Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership exists to provide studies and research in leadership and executive development and educational conferences and training and to furnish technical, consultative, and field services in these areas.   This program shall be carried on in cooperation with and with the advice of professionals in the field of leadership and executive development.
TN Code § 49-9-410 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 4 - Institute for Public Service|§ 49-9-410. Tennessee Foreign Language Center

  The Tennessee Foreign Language Institute is transferred to and reestablished as a part of the Institute for Public Service and renamed the Tennessee Foreign Language Center.   As a part of the Institute for Public Service, the Tennessee Foreign Language Center shall provide coordination and foreign language services to state and local government entities, as well as private entities. Programming may include, but is not limited to:  Services in support of government, industrial recruitment, and economic and tourist development;   Original research into issues related to foreign language, language instruction, and associated cultural considerations; and   Providing publications, conducting educational conferences, and furnishing technical consultation, training, and field services in the areas of foreign language and culture.       On July 1, 2018, the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute endowment fund shall be transferred from the state treasury to the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service. The fund shall be renamed the Tennessee Foreign Language Center endowment fund. The Institute for Public Service may receive private gifts and contributions for deposit in the Tennessee Foreign Language Center endowment fund for the benefit of the Tennessee Foreign Language Center.   Notwithstanding subdivision (c)(1)(A), the Institute for Public Service may keep the Tennessee Foreign Language Center endowment fund in the state treasury and may enter into an agreement with the state treasurer for its management.     The income from the Tennessee Foreign Language Center endowment fund shall be used for the operation and maintenance of the center. All interest and earnings on deposit in the fund shall become a part of and remain in the Tennessee Foreign Language Center endowment fund. No funds in the Tennessee Foreign Language Center endowment fund shall revert to the state general fund on June 30 of any year, but shall remain available for expenditure in accordance with this part.
TN Code § 49-9-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 5 - Advisory Boards|§ 49-9-502. Advisory Board Meetings

  Each advisory board of the University of Tennessee established pursuant to § 49-9-501 shall hold at least three (3) meetings annually on a day or days determined by the board from year to year.   Four (4) members shall constitute a quorum, and they are empowered to transact any business.   Each advisory board shall adopt bylaws to govern its meetings, subject to approval by the board of trustees.   The governor shall call the initial meeting of each advisory board to occur on or after July 1, 2018.   The failure of a member to attend more than fifty percent (50%) of the regular meetings in a calendar year is cause for the member's removal and authorizes the board to call on the governor to appoint a successor.   Advisory board members shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 49-9-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 5 - Advisory Boards|§ 49-9-503. Advisory Board Role and Responsibilities

  Each advisory board of the University of Tennessee established pursuant to § 49-9-501 shall:  Submit a recommendation, in accordance with the process established pursuant to § 49-9-209(d)(1)(N), regarding the proposed operating budget, including tuition and fees, as it relates to the respective institution;   Submit a recommendation, in accordance with the process established pursuant to § 49-9-209(d)(1)(O), regarding the strategic plan for the respective institution;   Advise the chancellor of the respective University of Tennessee institution regarding university operations and budget, campus master plan, campus life, academic programs, policies, and other matters related to the institution and as may be requested by the chancellor from time to time;   Under the leadership of the chancellor of the respective institution, seek to promote the overall advancement of the institution and the University of Tennessee system;   Advise the board of trustees or president of the University of Tennessee system on matters related to the institution and the University of Tennessee system as may be requested by the president or board of trustees from time to time; and   Be subject to the open meetings laws, compiled in title 8, chapter 44.     The responsibilities of, and any actions taken by, an advisory board shall not conflict with or inhibit the authority of the board of trustees.
TN Code § 49-9-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 6 - Space Institute|§ 49-9-601. General Provisions

  The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee is authorized and empowered to:  Acquire a suitable site at, near or in the vicinity of the Arnold Engineering Development Center near Tullahoma, and construct on the site buildings and related facilities to be known as the University of Tennessee Space Institute, which, when constructed, equipped and furnished, shall be operated as a part of the University of Tennessee, to train students in science and engineering at the master's, doctoral and post-doctoral level;   Attract outstanding teachers, students and research workers interested in work related to aerospace science and engineering;   Contract with both government and private agencies for research; and   Provide services to aerospace industries through research and through education and training of potential workers.     The board is authorized to accept funds from the federal government or any department or agency of the federal government, from any political subdivision of the state or from any individual, firm, corporation, foundation or other person to be used in carrying out this section and for the maintenance and operation of the University of Tennessee Space Institute. The board is authorized to acquire by gift, purchase or the exercise of its power of eminent domain a necessary site or sites for carrying out the purposes of this section.   In the event that the federal government makes available to the University of Tennessee a suitable site for the institute, the board may, on behalf of and in the name of the University of Tennessee, accept the title to the site and expend funds for the construction of the institute on the site, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the federal government and the board.
TN Code § 49-9-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 7 - Medical Education|§ 49-9-701. School of Medicine — General Practice

  The University of Tennessee school of medicine shall include in the curriculum a department of general practice of medicine under the direction and supervision of a qualified family practitioner.   The minimum requirements for the department shall include courses of study in family care, including clinical experience, a program of preceptorships, a program of internships or general practice residences in a hospital and other teaching techniques that, in the judgment of the management of the school, are best suited to encourage and implement the preparation of students for the general practice of medicine.   The University of Tennessee is authorized to use that portion of the funds appropriated to it by the general assembly that the board of trustees deems necessary to establish and operate a department of general practice of medicine in the University of Tennessee school of medicine.
TN Code § 49-9-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 7 - Medical Education|§ 49-9-702. Clinical Medical Education Centers

   The establishment of clinical medical education centers in Washington and Sullivan counties and in Hamilton County are authorized.   A clinical medical center shall include internship and residency training in medicine, as well as clinical training for advanced undergraduate medical students. It may also include training programs for other health professionals and short courses and continuing medical education for physicians residing in the area.     The University of Tennessee medical units will be responsible for the planning and development of the centers, in a manner similar to the clinical center being developed at the Memorial Research Center and Hospital in Knoxville.   The University of Tennessee medical units are responsible for planning the further development of other educational programs designed to achieve a better distribution of physicians into nonmetropolitan areas of the state where a shortage of doctors currently exists, and are authorized and directed to work with Vanderbilt University and Meharry Medical College to develop statewide programs for medical education that are designed to increase the supply and achieve a better distribution of physicians in Tennessee.
TN Code § 49-9-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 7 - Medical Education|§ 49-9-703. Family Practice Residency Programs

  There is created the Tennessee family practice residency program for the purpose of training resident physicians in the field of family practice, and to encourage family practice physicians to settle and establish private family practices in areas of the state with physician shortages.    The program shall be administered by the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in cooperation with the department of health and by East Tennessee State University in upper east Tennessee.   The University of Tennessee and East Tennessee State University may contract with other accredited medical schools in the state to provide family resident training programs that are consistent with the overall objectives of this program.      The University of Tennessee College of Medicine and East Tennessee State University, in consultation with the appropriate officials of the department of health, will develop and implement a plan to establish family practice resident training programs in each of the grand divisions so that training opportunities for at least one hundred fifty (150) residents will be available within three (3) years, a minimum of thirty (30) residents being located in the tri-cities area.   The program shall make maximum feasible use of nonstate funds from the federal government, private sources, and fees for services in developing and implementing the program, consistent with the requirements for a high quality educational program that meets all of the standards for accreditation.   The University of Tennessee and East Tennessee State University are authorized to use any and all nonstate funds for the purposes specified in this section.   In developing the family resident training program, the University of Tennessee and East Tennessee State University will develop or contract for the development of training programs in a number of different locations in the state to promote, to the maximum extent possible, the better distribution of family physicians within the state.      In connection with the purposes of this section, and to develop postgraduate medical education opportunities in primary care fields, the University of Tennessee is authorized and directed to establish a clinical medical education center at Jackson.   The funds necessary for the planning of the clinical center may be expended from the appropriation provided in this section.
TN Code § 49-9-704 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 7 - Medical Education|§ 49-9-704. Encouragement of Primary Care and Family Practice Medicine

  The University of Tennessee and East Tennessee State University shall develop and implement a plan to encourage graduates of their respective colleges of medicine to become practitioners in the fields of primary care medicine or family practice medicine, or both, in this state. The plan shall be designed to ensure that the number of students from each graduating class entering such practice in this state shall be increased by ten percent (10%) over the number of graduates entering such practice prior to May 31, 1993. The requirement for a specific percentage increase shall not apply to any university graduating sixty percent (60%) of a class into family and primary care practices so long as at least sixty percent (60%) of each class continues to be in such practices; provided, that such university shall have in place the plan required by this section for emphasizing the education of doctors providing family practice and primary care in this state.   The plan may include grants, fee waivers, partial or full tuition reimbursement or any other appropriate financial incentives for graduates from the respective colleges of medicine to pursue careers in primary care medicine or family practice medicine, or both.   The cost of development and implementation of the plan shall be provided from within existing resources of the universities.
TN Code § 49-9-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 8 - College of Veterinary Medicine|§ 49-9-801. General Provisions

 The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee shall establish the College of Veterinary Medicine in the Institute of Agriculture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and shall provide for full joint utilization of the physical facilities, equipment and basic science staff of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and the University of Tennessee.
TN Code § 49-9-901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 9 - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga|§ 49-9-901. General Provisions

  There is created and established by the state a campus of the University of Tennessee in Hamilton County, to be known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.   The trustees of the University of Tennessee are given the same power, authority and discretion to prescribe and offer courses, curricula and degree programs, acquire land and construct buildings, inaugurate and carry out all necessary supporting work and activities and award degrees of the University of Tennessee at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as the trustees now have and exercise at the other colleges and schools of the University of Tennessee.
TN Code § 49-9-1001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 10 - University of Tennessee at Martin|§ 49-9-1001. General Provisions

  There is created and established by the state of Tennessee a branch of the University of Tennessee at Martin, to be known as The University of Tennessee at Martin.   The trustees of the University of Tennessee are given the same power, authority and discretion to prescribe and offer courses, curricula and degree programs, inaugurate and carry out all necessary supporting work and activities and award degrees of the University of Tennessee at the University of Tennessee at Martin as the trustees now have and exercise at the other colleges and schools of the University of Tennessee.   The University of Tennessee at Martin is authorized to allow qualified students from the counties of Fulton, Hickman and Graves in the state of Kentucky to enroll without payment of out-of-state tuition, on the condition that Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky continue to admit Tennessee residents from selected Tennessee counties to enroll at that institution without payment of out-of-state tuition as is being done at this time.
TN Code § 49-9-1201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 12 - Tennessee 4-H Club Foundation|§ 49-9-1201. Endowment Funds Established

 There are established special district 4-H endowment funds in the Tennessee 4-H Club Foundation at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.
TN Code § 49-9-1202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 12 - Tennessee 4-H Club Foundation|§ 49-9-1202. State Matching Funds

 The state shall match the funds raised by each 4-H district up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) as money in the endowment fund becomes available through the general appropriations act or grants. No district may receive matching funds totaling more than one-sixth (1/6) of the amount of money in the endowment fund during any fiscal year. If at the end of a fiscal year there remains money in the fund, districts that have raised more than one-sixth (1/6) of the money available during that year shall be entitled to a pro rata match of the money remaining in the fund. The funds raised by the 4-H district, together with the state matching funds, shall be deposited in the endowment fund for each district created by this part.
TN Code § 49-9-1203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 12 - Tennessee 4-H Club Foundation|§ 49-9-1203. Interest on Funds

 Interest accruing on investments of the funds deposited to the credit of each 4-H district in the respective special endowment funds shall be used for the sole purpose of promoting 4-H projects in the district.
TN Code § 49-9-1302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 13 - University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital|§ 49-9-1302. Meetings

 All meetings of the board of trustees concerning actions authorized by this part shall be conducted as public meetings in accordance with title 8, chapter 44, part 1.
TN Code § 49-9-1303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 13 - University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital|§ 49-9-1303. Purpose of Research Center and Hospital

 The University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital and its successors shall remain committed to serving the hospital's traditional patients and the health care needs of the City of Knoxville, Knox County and the surrounding region.
TN Code § 49-9-1304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 13 - University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital|§ 49-9-1304. Transition From State to Private Nonprofit Corporation Employment

  In carrying out any transfer of the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital under this part, the board of trustees shall make reasonable efforts to provide for the transition of employees from state to nonstate employment in an orderly and equitable manner.   With respect to employees previously employed by the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital, the private nonprofit hospital created pursuant to this part shall provide:  A defined insurance and leave benefits package that is equivalent to or better than the benefits package previously enjoyed by employees of the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital; and   A deferred compensation program and a defined fixed-benefits retirement plan that is equivalent to or better than the deferred compensation program and retirement plan available to participants within the Tennessee consolidated retirement system.     Any person employed by the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital on June 13, 1997, shall continue to be eligible for the same tuition reduction authorized to any other employee of the University of Tennessee to the same extent the person was entitled to receive tuition reduction while employed by the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital as long as that person remains an employee of the private nonprofit hospital created pursuant to this part.   For those employees employed by the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital, it is the legislative intent that the private nonprofit hospital created pursuant to this part shall provide compensation at least equivalent to their current compensation and shall make reasonable allowance for their accumulated benefits (i.e., sick leave, vacation, educational benefits, etc.) that the employees were eligible for at the time of the transfer.   With respect to employees previously employed by the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital, the private nonprofit hospital created pursuant to this part shall only impose personnel terminations, layoffs, suspensions or demotions for cause and shall provide affected employees with due process rights and procedures that are equivalent to or better than the due process rights and procedures that the employees previously enjoyed as employees of the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital.
TN Code § 49-9-1305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 13 - University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital|§ 49-9-1305. Transfer of Assets

 At least sixty (60) days prior to any transfer of assets under this part, the board of trustees shall notify the attorney general and reporter, the state building commission and the majority and minority leaders of both houses of the general assembly. In deciding whether to approve a transfer of assets under this part, the attorney general and reporter and the state building commission shall consider whether the transfer of assets will comply with § 49-9-1303, whether any illegal or improper conflicts of interest exist and whether the transaction is otherwise consistent with laws governing the transfer of state-owned assets.
TN Code § 49-9-1306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 13 - University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital|§ 49-9-1306. Sovereign Immunity

 Nothing contained in this part shall be deemed or construed to waive or abrogate in any way the sovereign immunity of the state, the university or any officer or employee of the state or the university.
TN Code § 49-9-1307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 13 - University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital|§ 49-9-1307. Liberal Construction

 This part shall constitute full and complete authority, without regard to any other law, for the doing of the acts and things authorized in this part and shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this part. Insofar as this part is inconsistent with any other law, general, specific or local, this part shall be controlling.
TN Code § 49-9-1308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 13 - University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital|§ 49-9-1308. Conflicts of Interest Prohibited

 No member of the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital or the trustees' immediate family shall derive any financial benefit from the transfer of the hospital to a nonprofit corporation as authorized by this part.
TN Code § 49-9-1309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 9 - University of Tennessee|Part 13 - University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital|§ 49-9-1309. Compliance With Title Vi

 No expenditure of public funds pursuant to this part shall be made in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d).