September 18, 2000 Archived
Version (Effective September 18, 2000 through September 16, 2001)
September 17, 2001 Archived
Version (Effective September 17, 2001 through November 13, 2002)
November 14, 2002 Archived Version (Effective November 14, 2002 through March 15, 2003)
March
16 , 2003 Archived Version (Effective March 16, 2003 through January 20, 2004)
January 21, 2004 Archived Version (Effective January 21, 2004 through April 20, 2004) -
Revised to delegate authority to the general counsel to make certain non-substantive
changes to PRRs and to make certain substantive changes to PRRs upon consultation
with the EO having delegated final approval authority over the PRR.
April 21, 2004 Archived Version (Effective April 21, 2004 through July 25, 2004) – Revised
Section II-C-2-e to include
Chancellor’s authority to take any action on a university council recommendation.
July 26, 2004 Archived Version (Effective July 26, 2004 through July 24, 2005) -
Revised sections III-C-2a and b, III-C-3-6, V-b-iii, and VI-b regarding the
approval
process for substantive and non-substantive
changes to PRR.
July 25, 2005 Archived Version (Effective July 25, 2005 through November 7, 2005) - Revised to give delegation of authority to the Provost for Copyright Use.
November 8, 2005 Archived Version (Effective November 8, 2005 through May 22, 2006) - Revised to provide more flexibility to units to adopt rules. It also contains other edits that are consistent with recommendations of the PRR Steering Committee for uniformity in PRR formatting.
May 23, 2006 Archived Version (Effective May 23, 2006 through July 9, 2007) - Proposed revisions to Sections 2.3 and 3.4 to delegate the adoption of academic rules which are not mandated by UNC or NC State policies and regulations to the Dean of the applicable college or the Vice Provost of the applicable academic administrative unit.
July 10, 2007 Archived Version (Effective July 10, 2007 through October 16, 2007) - Revised section 3.2.2b to incorporate the April 20, 2007 resolution of the Board of Trustees granting authorization to the Vice Chancellor and General Counsel to make non-substantive edits and substantive updates that are non-discretionary mandatory changes to accord with UNC policies and regulations or state or federal law. Further amendment is made to clarify that the Vice Chancellor and General Counsel may make similar revisions to NC State Regulations.
October 17, 2007 Archived Version (Effective October 17, 2007 through January 7, 2008) - revised Section 2.3 to clarify distinction between academic and administrative unit rules.
January 8, 2007 Current Version -
Revised (1) To more clearly define what constitutes a rule and who has final authority to approve a rule and (2) to simplify the process by which a rule is approved.
Our PRR protocol has been revised a number of times to make the adoption and publication of PRRs more efficient and user friendly, however there remains a lack of clarity as to what a rule is and who has authority to approve a rule. The proposed revisions therefore clarify what constitutes a rule and who has final approval authority. The final authority for approval of rules will be the unit administrator with authority delegated from an executive officer with concurrence of the Vice chancellor and General Counsel. If the executive officer so chooses, the executive officer may retain authority for the subject area in which event the regulatory effort will be a regulation; if the executive officer sub-delegates the subject area to an administrative or academic unit, it will be a Rule. Sub-delegations may be made to units for unit specific matters that affect the operational responsibilities of the unit. The protocol also permits units to approve rules if delegated through a policy or regulation. Unit rules may not be inconsistent with Regulations. These revisions codify our current operating practice with academic PRRs, e.g., there are Academic policies enacted by the BOT, academic regulations issued by the Provost, and academic rules issues by the colleges and departments.
