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APPROVAL OF REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS AND SUPERVISORY STRUCTURE FOR DUAL EMPLOYMENT SITUATION

The following resolution was adopted:

• WHEREAS the Virginia Conflict of Interest Act permits the dual employment of immediate family members by public institutions of higher education that would otherwise be prohibited by the Act, subject to the following conditions:
  (1) the officer or employee and the immediate family member are engaged in teaching, research, or administrative support positions at the educational institution, (ii) the governing board of the educational institution finds that it is in the best interest of the institution and the Commonwealth for such dual employment to exist, and (iii) after such finding, the board establishes and oversees the implementation of reporting relationships and a supervisory structure to ensure that the officer or employee, or the immediate family member, does not supervise, evaluate or otherwise participate in personnel decisions regarding the other;
• WHEREAS, Drs. Phoebe Kaplan and Robert Dussault, who are married to each other, are both faculty members in the Department of Radiology in the School of Medicine;
• WHEREAS, Dr. Dussault is a member of the Division of Musculoskeletal Radiology, of which Dr. Kaplan is the Director, and Dr. Dussault is Vice Chair for External Affairs;
• RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors finds it in the best interest of the University of Virginia and the Commonwealth to employ Drs. Kaplan and Dussault in their positions as members of the faculty in the Department of Radiology, and as Director of the Division of Musculoskeletal Radiology and Vice Chair for External Affairs, respectively;
• RESOLVED further that the reporting relationship and supervisory structure shall be as follows: (a) in Dr. Dussault's capacity as a member of the Division of Musculoskeletal Radiology, he reports directly to and is supervised by the Chair of the Department of Radiology, not the Director of the Division; and (b) regarding Dr. Dussault's position as Vice Chair for External Affairs, there is no reporting or supervisory relationship between Dr. Kaplan and Dr. Dussault.