Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6C4 - University of South Florida › Chapter 6C4-13 - EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT › Section 6C4-13.002 - Direct-Support Organizations and Health Services Support Organizations

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) An organization seeking to receive, hold,
				invest and administer property and to make expenditures to, or for, the benefit
				of the University of South Florida System (USF System) may request approval by
				the University of South Florida Board of Trustees (Board) to become a
				direct-support organization, as provided in Section
				1004.28, F.S. An organization
				seeking to enter into arrangements with other entities as providers in other
				integrated health care systems or similar entities for the benefit of the USF
				System may request approval by the Board to become a health services support
				organization, as provided in Section
				1004.29, F.S. In no case shall
				the USF System have any responsibility for acts, debts, liabilities, and
				obligations incurred or assumed by a health services support
				organization.
(2) Upon approval by
				the Board, a direct-support organization or health services support
				organization (Support Organization[s]) shall be certified and authorized to use
				the property, facilities and personnel services of the USF System to the extent
				permissible by applicable law, the conditions prescribed by rules, regulations,
				and internal management memoranda of the USF System.
(3) The Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
				of a Support Organization of the USF System and all amendments of such Articles
				or Bylaws shall be recommended and presented by the President of the USF System
				(President) to the Board for review and approval.
(4) Operating budgets of Support
				Organizations shall be prepared at least annually, approved by the
				organization's governing board, and presented by the President to the Board for
				review and approval.
(5)
				Expenditure plans of Support Organizations shall be reviewed and approved
				quarterly by the President or designee; said designee shall be a vice
				president, provost or other duly authorized senior officer of the USF System
				reporting directly to the President and having operational responsibility on
				behalf of the USF System for the Support Organization.
(6) Support Organizations shall provide for
				an annual financial audit and management letter as prescribed by, and in
				accordance with applicable law, rules, regulations, (including USF Rule
				6C4-13.002, F.A.C., Direct
				Support Organizations and Health Services Support Organizations) and internal
				management memoranda. The letter shall be forwarded to the Board for review,
				oversight and approval.
(7) The
				Board is authorized to revoke certification of an organization as a Support
				Organization of the USF System if it determines, in its sole discretion, that
				the organization is no longer serving the best interest of the USF System. If
				certification is revoked, the Board shall determine the disposition of the
				Support Organization's assets and liabilities in accordance with applicable
				laws, the Support Organization's Articles of Incorporation and
				Bylaws.
Rulemaking Authority
					 1004.28,
					 1004.29 FS. Law Implemented
					 1004.28,
					 1004.29
					 FS.
New 11-20-03, Amended 1-25-12,
					 12-3-12.