{"id":12267,"date":"2014-05-28T13:13:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T13:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.tamus.org\/system\/system-offices\/general-counsel\/practice-areas\/institutional-compliance\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:55:24","slug":"institutional-compliance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/legal\/practice-areas\/institutional-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Compliance & Research security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n Institutional Compliance & Research security\n<\/h1>\n\n\n

The Institutional Compliance & Research Security practice area provides legal advice and guidance on a myriad of compliance issues that present challenges to the members of The Texas A&M University System.\u00a0 Those issues most often arise in the following areas of the law:\u00a0 Research Compliance and Scientific Misconduct; Health Law; Immigration; Export Control; NCAA Compliance; Environmental Health and Safety; and the many requirements that the Department of Education imposes upon institutions of higher education.<\/p>\n

A compliance program is measured by the following Federal Sentencing Guidelines.<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Oversight and interest by high level institutional personnel;<\/li>\n
  2. Appropriate written policies and procedures;<\/li>\n
  3. Adequate training and education of those who are responsible;<\/li>\n
  4. Effective lines of communication to report compliance issues;<\/li>\n
  5. Enforcement of standards through established guidelines;<\/li>\n
  6. Internal monitoring of compliance programs;<\/li>\n
  7. Appropriate response and corrective action plans; and<\/li>\n
  8. Conducting periodic risk assessments.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is our responsibility to help our clients achieve effective compliance programs in accordance with these guidelines.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Institutional Compliance & Research security The Institutional Compliance & Research Security practice area provides legal advice and guidance on a myriad of compliance issues that present challenges to the members of The Texas A&M University System.\u00a0 Those issues most often arise in the following areas of the law:\u00a0 Research Compliance and Scientific Misconduct; Health Law;…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":11879,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12267","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"tamus","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/legal\/author\/webmaster\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12267\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/legal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}