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REFUND OF MEDICAL FEE

President Shannon summarized the contents of a letter addressed to Mr. Vincent Shea,
Comptroller, dated 26 June 1959, in which Dr. Andrew D. Hart, Director of the Department of
Student Health, had recommended the abandonment of the practice of total or partial refund of
student medical fees to students who withdraw at varying periods following registration. In his
letter, Dr. Hart stated that the students who withdrew had received the full value of the medical
fee, because of certain health examinations and other services that were provided for them, and
that, in his view, the refund of any part of the fee was an unsound practice. The President also
noted that this proposal had received the approval of the Comptroller in a letter dated 2 July 1959.
He proposed that Dr. Hart's recommendation be approved.

The Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that in the future neither all nor any part of the student medical fee shall be refunded.