Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1920 [PAGE 493]

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1919]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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nurses and attendants to the medical department, and stenographic or other help which may be needed in the various hospitals, excepting the University assistants that are referred to in this agreement; it also includes the superintendence, oversight, and management of all officers and employees other than the officers and employees furnished by the University. The Department will purchase the ground and construct and repair buildings for said institutions. The Department shall make rules for the operation and maintenance of the hospitals or units. ARTICLE IV. The University through its college of Medicine shall have the use of the clinical facilities of said hospitals for teaching purposes and research work. It is agreed that in connection with the "use of clinical facilities of said hospitals for teaching purposes and research work" the University shall provide all equipment and supplies, laboratory apparatus, libraries, etc., for educational and research purposes. The University shall appoint and control the professional staff of the hospitals, physicians, surgeons, internes, laboratory technicians, librarians, and assistants for the treatment of patients and for teaching and research purposes. It shall control the work of the nurses, ward attendants, and all other in so far as this work is strictly medical. The University shall provide courses of instruction in medical and allied subjects for workers in the Department, such as training schools for nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, dietitians, and others as may from time to time be agreed upon between the contracting parties. ARTICLE V. The chief administrative and executive officer for all of the units in the group will be designated as Managing Officer. Each unit of the group will be under the immediate direction of an Assistant Managing Officer. ARTICLE VI. The University shall place at the disposal of the Department all funds appropriated for the erection of the University Clinical Institute, to be applied to the purpose for which they were appropriated. The University shall consult with and advise the Department and the Department shall also consult with the University as to the needs of the University for teaching and research facilities in the buildings erected or to be erected. Until specific appropriations are made, the University shall pay clerks and others now in the employ of the University who shall hereafter be under the direction of the Department in accordance with the terms of this agreement. Until specific appropriations are made, the Department will pay professional workers now employed by the Department who shall hereafter be under the direction of the University in accordance with the terms of this agreement. ARTICLE VII. Maintenance shall be allowed only to officers and employees who are required to be residents of the institutions or units. Requirements for residence shall be determined by conference between the contracting parties. ARTICLE VIII. To facilitate harmonious cooperation between the contracting parties there shall be established a standing committee of four—two to be appointed by the Director of Public Welfare and two by the President of the University to which, at the request of the Managing Officer of the Hospitals or of the Dean of the College of Medicine, may be referred any matters upon which there may be doubt or dispute. The findings of the committee shall be binding upon both parties. Matters upon Which this committee cannot agree shall be referred to the Director of the Department and the President of the University in conference.