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BOAKD OF TRUSTEES

[April 20

AGREEMENT FOR OPERATION O F RESEARCH A N D E D U C A T I O N A L HOSPITALS (12) A report that, pursuant to the instructions of the Board at its meeting on January 13, 1932 (Minutes, page 502), the agreement with the Department of Public Welfare for the operation of the Research and Educational Hospitals as approved by the Board of Trustees has been executed by the Department and by the University and is now in effect. The signed copy of this agreement is hereby turned over to the Secretary of the Board for safe keeping. I recommend that the agreement be printed in the Minutes. O n motion of M r . Armstrong, this report w a s received for record. THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into by and between the Department of Public Welfare of the State of Illinois and the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, concerning the operation of the Research and Educational Hospitals of the State of Illinois jointly by the Department of Public Welfare and the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, pursuant to an act of the Fifty-seventh General Assembly of the State of Illinois, approved July 3, 1931, relating to the founding and operation of the Research and Educational Hospitals of the State of Illinois, W I T N E S S E T H : The Department of Public Welfare of the State of Illinois and the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the parties hereto, agree to operate jointly the Research and Educational Hospitals of the State of Illinois, in conformity with the legislative act hereinbefore referred to, upon the terms and conditions and under the rules hereinafter set forth, to wit: ARTICLE I Definitions Research and Educational Hospitals Section 1. "Department" as used herein means the Department of Public Welfare; "University" means the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois; and "Research and Educational Hospitals" comprises the University Clinical Institute, the out patient department of the University, the Institute for Juvenile Research, the Illinois Surgical Institute for Children, the Psychiatric Institute and such other hospitals and institutes hereafter created, as may be added thereto by agreement of the Department and the University. Administrative and Executive Direction Section 2. By "administration and executive direction" as used herein is meant: the management of the buildings and property; control of all business transactions in connection with the work of these hospitals, which includes the employment of all officers and employees; providing for the purchase and issuance of supplies and equipment, excepting such equipment and supplies mentioned herein which are to be furnished by the University; assigning space in the buildings among different hospitals and divisions, with the advice and consent of the University; the control of the admission, transfer and discharge of all resident patients, with the consent of the University; providing maintenance for officers, nurses, residents, internes, employees and patients; supervising building construction, except of buildings erected by the University with University appropriations, and controlling the mechanical maintenance; furnishing nurses and attendants to the medical department, other than provided in part by nurses in training, and stenographic or similar clerical help needed in the administrative work of the Department. It also includes the Managing Officer's oversight and management of all officers and employees other than officers and employees furnished by the University. Constituent Units Section 3. By the phrase "constituent unit" when used herein is meant one or more than one of the following: the University Clinical Institute, the out patient department of the University, the Institute for Juvenile Research, the of the parties. Institute for Children, the may be added hereto by such other hospitals and institutes hereafter created as Psychiatric Institute, and agreement Illinois Surgical