Chapter 1. History

 Chapter 2. Organization of the Alpert Medical School

 Chapter 3. Faculty Affairs

 Chapter 4. Organization of AMS Departments

 Chapter 5. Medical School Faculty Governance

1. Biomedical Faculty Council
2. Standing Committees
3. Committee On Medical Faculty Appointments (CMFA)
4. University Commitees Related to AMS
5. Other Committees
6. Departmental Promotions Committees
7. Senior Administration

 Chapter 6. Faculty Responsibilities

 Chapter 7. Brown Format For Curriculum Vitae

 Chapter 8. Faculty Promotion Tracks

 Chapter 9. BMFA Schedule For Processing Actions

 Chapter 10. Faculty Recruitment

 Chapter 11. Faculty Appointments

 Chapter 12. Faculty Reappointments

 Chapter 13. Annual Reviews of Faculty

 Chapter 14. Faculty Promotion Process

 Chapter 15. Guidelines For Faculty File Access

 Chapter 16. Postdoctoral Appointments/Reappointments

 Chapter 17. House Staff/Fellow Appointments/Reappointments

 Chapter 18. Faculty Benefits

 Chapter 19. Visa Appointments

 Chapter 20. Teaching / Excellence Awards For Clinical Faculty

 Chapter 21. Grievance Procedures

 Chapter 22. Resources

Chapter 5

BIOMEDICAL FACULTY COUNCIL

The BioMed Faculty Council shall advise the Dean on substantive matters per­taining to the governance of the Division of Biology and Medicine and shall normally be consulted before decisions are reached. Recommendations of the BioMed Faculty Council pertaining to such matters will become policy unless sent back for reconsideration by the Dean.

In consultation with the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, the Biomedical Faculty Council will discuss and formulate recommendations on academic policy matters and interdepartmental and supradepartmental affairs, including:

• Development of academic policies for the Division of Biology and Medicine, consonant with general University policy.
• Review of criteria and process for admission of medical students.
• Review of criteria and process for retention and promotion of medical students, awarding of academic honors and prizes, and recommendations to the university faculty for granting of the MD degree.
• Hearing of appeals and grievances of faculty arising from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Division of Biology and Medicine; or departmental committee actions.

Membership

Voting membership in the BioMedFaculty Council shall consist of the following:

• Chairs of all academic departments and sections who report directly to the Dean, or their representatives
• Directors of BioMed Centers , Institutes, and Programs, or their representatives
• A member of the Faculty Executive Committee or a designee
• The President of the Medical Student Senate
• Student Representative of the Graduate Programs in Biology
• The Chair of the Medical Faculty Executive Committee or designee

Ex-officio  members serving without voting privileges shall include:

• The Dean
• The Associate Deans
• Officers
• The schedule for the BioMed Faculty Council meetings shall be published at the first meeting of the calendar year and subsequent changes in those dates will require notification of at least seven days in advance of the meeting
• Special meetings may be called at the behest of the Dean, any four members of the Biomedical Faculty Council, or any 20 members of the faculty
• Quorum — One half of the voting members shall constitute a quorum

Recommendations of the BioMed Faculty Council shall re­quire a simple majority vote of those present provided that a quorum is present. The agenda and notice of the meeting shall be distributed to the members at least three days in advance of the meeting, and only topics listed on the agenda are acted upon, (except under special circumstances this provision may be waived by a unanimous vote of those present).