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ARTICLE III STANDING COMMITTEES OFTHE FACULTY

Appointment to the several Standing Committees of the Faculty and Administration described below shall be the responsibility of the dean, in accordance with Article I, Section A of these Bylaws. A quorum shall constitute the presence at a meeting of a majority of the members of a committee.

§ 1 Applied Strategic Planning Committee

There shall be an Applied Strategic Leadership Planning Committee comprising a chairperson and BUSDM faculty and staff appointed by the dean to monitor and manage school goals and objectives compiled from existing BUSDM standing committees.

§ 2 Core Accreditation Committee

There shall be a Core Accreditation Committee comprising a chairperson and BUSDM faculty and staff appointed by the dean to oversee the administration of the Accreditation Site Visit including development of the Self-Study Manual.

§ 3 DMD Admissions Committee

The School of Dental Medicine shall have an Admissions Committee. The DMD Admissions Committee shall be made up of at least five faculty members. The chairperson shall be the associate dean of Admissions and Student Affairs of the DMD Program and the other members shall consist of at least two individuals whose primary teaching interests are related to basic or preclinical sciences and at least two individuals whose primary interests shall be related to the clinical sciences. This committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson. The committee will monitor and manage a subset of school goals and objectives. The procedures for admission shall follow the guidelines set forth by the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association.

§ 4 Executive Committee

The Executive Committee shall be composed of the dean, who shall be chairperson, associate and assistant deans, and chairpersons. The director of administration and associate director of administration may serve on the committee without voting privileges.

The committee shall meet at the call of the dean to monitor and manage a subset of school goals and objectives. The committee will provide direction for the strategic planning efforts of the school, consider and recommend new policies and programs, including matters which are to be presented to the faculty for consideration and vote at a general faculty meeting, give guidance to committees and/or individuals, and act as liaison to external and professional groups.

§ 5 Extramural Affairs Committee

There shall be an Extramural Affairs Committee comprising a chairperson and clinical faculty, administration, course directors, mentors and students appointed by the dean. The committee will monitor and manage a subset of school goals and objectives and will review policies, activities, instructional materials, training and outcomes assessment for the four year community-based educational program for predoctoral students.

§ 6 Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee

The Committee on Faculty Appointments and Promotions shall be composed of at least four appointed members in addition to the dean, or his alternate, who shall serve as chairperson. Recommendations concerning faculty appointments and promotions shall first be made in writing by the department or division chairperson concerned and submitted to the dean. The committee shall then study the recommendations, qualifications, and supporting data and make its own recommendations to the dean for final approval.

§ 7 Faculty and Staff Development Task Force

The School of Dental Medicine shall have a Faculty and Staff Development Task Force which shall be made up of at least 7 faculty members. The director of administration and one designated faculty member will co-chair the task force. This committee shall meet at the call of the chairpersons to assure the on-going implementation of the faculty and staff annual review and development process.

§ 8 Financial Aid Committee

This committee shall be composed of six members appointed by the dean as well as the executive director of the Office of Student Financial Management, who shall be chairperson. This committee develops student aid policy for BUSDM and adjudicates student financial aid appeals.

§ 9 Infection Control and Safety Committee

There shall be an Infection Control and Safety Committee comprising a Chairperson and members drawn from BUSDM faculty and staff and student representatives appointed by the dean. The committee will oversee the administration of infectious disease control practices in DMD clinical areas.

§ 10 Instrument Committee

There shall be an Instrument Committee comprising chairpersons and members drawn from BUSDM faculty and staff appointed by the dean. The committee will determine and document dental instruments and equipment needed for the preclinical lab courses. The choices are determined by the needs of each concerned department and influenced by the needs/desires of the predoctoral students.

§ 11 Patient Care and Education Committee

There shall be a Patient Care and Education Committee made up of a chairperson and BUSDM clinical faculty and staff appointed by the Dean to monitor and manage a subset of school goals and objectives. The committee will review clinical goals, discuss problems, develop solutions and consider policy changes regarding the school's clinical mission.

§ 12 Postdoctoral Clinic Committee

There shall be a Postdoctoral Clinic Committee comprising a chairperson and members drawn from BUSDM clinical faculty and staff appointed by the dean. The committee will oversee and implement all matters pertaining to BUSDM postdoctoral clinics with specific emphasis on clinical functions which cross department lines and oversight of quality clinical performance.

§ 13 Postdoctoral Curriculum Committee

There shall be a Postdoctoral Curriculum Committee to deal with the overall postdoctoral curriculum planning of the school. This committee shall consist of a chairperson appointed by the dean and members representing the postdoctoral educational programs of the school.

This committee shall meet frequently during the academic year at the call of the chairperson to monitor and manage a subset of school goals and objectives. The committee shall have the following charge: to oversee and implement all matters pertaining to the postdoctoral program with a specific emphasis on programming which crosses departmental lines, ongoing self-study, postdoctoral candidate recruitment and oversight of postdoctoral promotions.

§ 14 Predoctoral Clinic Committee

There shall be a Predoctoral Clinic Committee comprising a chairperson and members drawn from BUSDM clinical faculty, and one student, appointed by the dean. The committee will identify issues which have or in the future could impact the successful operation of the predoctoral clinics and offer suggestions to the administration for appropriate actions.

§ 15 Predoctoral Curriculum Committee

There shall be a Predoctoral Curriculum Committee for the DMD and Advanced Standing programs. The selection of the committee and its chairpersons shall be made by the dean. The committee will monitor and manage a subset of school goals and objectives and is charged to consider changes in subject matter in the curriculum and scheduling of classes. The committee will evaluate the curriculum periodically and undertake special tasks toward improving the curriculum, meet periodically with student representatives, faculty of specific courses and faculty of courses related in time or content with a specific course to discuss student and faculty reaction to, and evaluation of, the curriculum, and make recommendations for substantive changes as well as the introduction of new programs to the Executive Committee.

§ 16 Predoctoral Promotions Committees

There shall be Predoctoral Promotions Committees for the First and Second Year DMD, AS I, Third- and Fourth-Year DMD, and AS II programs. The selection of the committees and their chairpersons shall be made by the dean. The committees are charged to evaluate student academic performance and relate individual performance to the guidelines for promotion. When necessary, the committees will act as appeals committees for student academic issues.

§ 17 Predoctoral Research Committee

There shall be a Predoctoral Research Committee for the First and Second Year DMD, AS I, Third- and Fourth-Year DMD, and AS II students. The chairperson and co-chairperson of the committee shall be chosen by the dean and members shall be drawn from BUSDM research faculty. The committee is charged to oversee and implement all activities pertaining to the Predoctoral Research Program.

§ 18 Quality Assurance Committee

There shall be a Quality Assurance Committee comprising a chairperson and BUSDM faculty and staff appointed by the dean to monitor and manage a subset of school goals and objectives and to regularly assess quality indicators of patient treatment, measure these relative to standards described in the school's clinical guidelines, recognize and quantify particular or general deficiencies in this regard and to recommend corrective action.

§ 19 Research Committee

There shall be a Research Committee comprising a chairperson who shall be the dean and BUSDM research faculty, staff, and one student representative appointed by the dean. The committee will monitor and manage a subset of school goals and objectives and is charged to shape the future of dental medicine and dental education through research, maintain excellence in and support growth of faculty research, and increase the opportunities for predoctoral students to participate in research.