December 18-19, 1978
12-18-1978
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BOARD OF REGENTS
SPECIAL SESSION
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SYSTEM
December 18, l978
The Board of Regents met on the above date in the Teacher
Education building, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Members present: Fred M. Anderson, M. D.
Mr. John Buchanan
Mrs. Lilly Fong
Mr. Chris Karamanos
Mrs. Molly Knudtsen
Miss Brenda D. Mason
Mr. John Tom Ross
Members absent: Mr. James L. Buchanan, II
Louis H. Lombardi, M. D.
Others present: Chancellor Donald H. Baepler
President Joseph H. Crowley, UNR
President Brock Dixon, UNLV
General Counsel Larry Lessly
Secretary Bonnie Smotony
Also present were Regents-elect Robert Cashell and John Mc Bride,
CSUN President Chuck White, and Dean Thomas Scully, UNR Medical
School.
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman Molly Knudtsen
at 12:10 P.M., who noted that a special meeting of the Board had
been called to hear a report on the Medical School Residency Pro-
gram and to act upon three recommendations concerning the UNLV
Sports Pavilion.
1. Report on Medical School Residency Program
Chancellor Baepler reported that agreement had been reached
between the Medical School and Washoe Medical Center con-
cerning the residency programs proposed to be initiated in
July, 1979. He noted that the resulting contracts do not
require the Board's approval but since the negotiations had
received so much attention in the media during the past
weeks, he believed it would be helpful to have a report on
the status of those negotiations. At President Crowley's
request, Dean Scully reported that the Washoe Medical Center
Board of Trustees had passed two motions on December 15, as
follows:
That the motion adopted by the Joint Liaison Committee
on December 13, 1978, approving in substance and prin-
ciple but not in any detail the three residency programs
in Family Practice, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics,
as listed in the applications now pending before the
Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education, be af-
firmed by this Board and adopted as its own, and that
the LCGME be notified forthwith.
That the Board of Trustees accept and approve the
agreement for assumption of cost as submitted by the
Joint Administrative Liaison Committee.
Dr. Scully explained that the agreement on the assumption of
costs referred to in the second motion of the Trustees, pro-
vided as follows:
The Hospital, through the Board of Trustees, agrees to
permit for the first year of the residency program, fis-
cal year 1979-80, the training of up to eleven residents
in the three residencies designated -- Family Practice,
InternaI Medicine and Pediatrics -- at WMC, utilizing
the facilities available, in accordance with and under
the program and guidelines as developed. The cost of
residents' salaries or direct or indirect benefits is
to be paid in full by the University of Nevada Medical
School and Medical Sciences. The Hospital agrees to
donate up to 25% of the professional time of retained
or salaried Hospital-employed physicians working in the
emergency room, clinic or clinic in-patient services,
for the direct supervision and education of the eleven
residents. The Hospital shall bill and receive all
revenue for charges for patient services performed by
or under the supervision of those retained or salaried
Hospital-employed physicians. The Medical School shall
maintain archive malpractice insurance on all residents
in an adequate amount to be determined by the parties
thereto and shall be responsible for the costs thereof.
The Hospital agrees to continue this program for the
first eleven residents for two additional fiscal years,
regardless of whether additional residents are approved
and funded for subsequent years. Any increase in the
number of residents over and above the original eleven
hereto referred to must be approved by the Hospital
Board of Trustees on or before September 1 of the year
preceding the fiscal and academic year in which they
are appointed. Residents shall be considered primarily
students of the Medical School and shall not be employ-
ees of the Hospital but they shall have the status of
of Hospital-authorized personnel under the joint control
and direction of the Hospital and the Medical School.
Dr. Scully further noted that this agreement provides an
immediate solution to the problem of funding the residents
at TMCC but is not intended to commit the Hospital or the
School to future funding.
In response to a question concerning a suggestion made in
the media that the School was very late in approaching WMC
concerning these residency programs, Dr. Scully reviewed the
history of the negotiations, dating back to the first formal
contract in August, l977, by Dr. George Smith, then Dean of
the Medical School.
Following a brief discussion during which Dr. Scully and
Chancellor Baepler responded to additional questions,
Chairman Knudtsen declared the discussion closed.
2. UNLV Sports Pavilion
President Dixon reported that a gift of $250,000 had been
received from H. Parry Thomas and Jerome Mack as part of
their $1 million pledge toward the design, construction and
operation of a Sports Pavilion to be constructed on the
UNLV Campus. Dr. Dixon recommended acceptance of the gift
and requested authorization to proceed with a contract for
architectural design with W2C Architects, a partnership com-
prising John Carl Warnecki, F. A. I. A., Arturo Cambeiro,
A. I. A., and Domingo Cambeiro, A. I. A. He further recom-
mended that the facility be named in honor of Mr. Thomas
and Mr. Mack.
Mrs. Fong expressed concern that the operation and mainte-
nance costs of the building will exceed revenues produced
from the athletic events which will be held in the facility.
Chancellor Baepler agreed that they probably would but
pointed out that approximately 85% of the scheduled events
in the facility will be other than athletic events and those
events will also generate revenue which may be used toward
the operation and maintenance costs. Dr. Baepler also em-
phasized that the recommendation to name the building in
honor of Messrs. Thomas and Mack was in recognition of their
many contributions to the development of UNLV, most notably
their very effective work with the UNLV Land Foundation over
the years.
Mr. Karamanos moved acceptance of the gift of $250,000 from
Mr. Thomas and Mr. Mack. Motion seconded by Mr. John
Buchanan, carried without dissent.
Mr. Karamanos moved that the Sports Pavilion be named in
honor of E. Parry Thomas and Jerome Mack with the exact name
to be determined following consultation with Messrs. Thomas
and Mack. Motion seconded by Mr. John Buchanan, carried
without dissent.
The meeting adjourned at 12:50 P.M.
Bonnie M. Smotony
Secretary of the Board
12-18-1978