The UNC
Policy Manual
1200.5
Adopted
11/08/91
Amended
05/14/04
WHEREAS,
UNC Physicians and Associates is a unit of the School of Medicine of UNC-CH
which administers collection of accounts for providing various professional services,
including patient care within clinics maintained at the University of North
Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill; and
WHEREAS,
ECU Medical Faculty Practice Plan is a unit of the School of Medicine of ECU
which administers collection of accounts for providing various professional
services, including patient care within clinics operated by ECU and at Pitt
County Memorial Hospital; and
WHEREAS, from time to time it is
necessary to initiate lawsuits for the collection of unpaid accounts for the
rendering of such professional services; and
WHEREAS, neither the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill nor East Carolina University has independent
authority to initiate, prosecute, or settle lawsuits in its own name for the
collection of unpaid accounts; and
WHEREAS,
it would expedite collection efforts if the Attorney General were authorized to
initiate such lawsuits on behalf of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and East Carolina University without requiring that each such lawsuit be
authorized by the Board of Governors;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved
by the Board of Governors, that the Attorney General of North Carolina is
authorized, under the provisions of N.C.G.S. § 116-3, to initiate lawsuits in
the name of the University of North Carolina, on behalf of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for the collection of any unpaid account
administered by UNC Physicians and Associates, and is authorized to initiate
lawsuits in the name of the University of North Carolina, on behalf of East
Carolina University, for the collection of any unpaid account administered by
the ECU Medical Faculty Practice Plan, as the Attorney General may deem
appropriate, and the chancellors of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and East Carolina University, or their respective designees, are
authorized to settle these lawsuits.