Compliance Oversight Council

Responsibility:
MCG has a commitment to total, institutional compliance with all external and internal laws, rules, regulations and policies. Primary responsibility for compliance is vested in each individual, commensurate with that individual’s specific job title and responsibilities. Each unit manager shall take reasonable steps to ensure that all employees in the unit are familiar with any applicable rules, policies, regulations and laws. Chairs, directors, deans and vice presidents are similarly responsible for ensuring compliance in all administrative units, which report to them. Responsibility for specific compliance duties will be assigned to the respective vice presidents and deans who may in turn delegate functional responsibility to an individual who reports to them. Each vice president is charged with coordinating compliance activities within the units reporting to him/her and for bringing any compliance concerns to the attention of the Compliance Oversight Council.  Delegation of functional responsibility does not relieve an administrator of his/her obligation to ensure compliance. Campus-wide compliance will be coordinated by a Compliance Oversight Council, which shall be composed of senior administrators.  Refer to the Compliance Matrix for compliance areas, the respective senior responsible administrator, and the responsible functional office and officer. 

Compliance Oversight Council:
The President shall appoint a committee to be known as the “MCG Compliance Oversight Council” (COC) to oversee compliance efforts at MCG. The Council shall be composed of at least one representative from the following areas: Research; Institutional Audit and Compliance; Information Technology; Finance; Administration; Academic Affairs; Legal Affairs; School of Medicine; and Student and Enrollment Services. Multiple representatives from these areas may participate in the Council’s activities. The Council shall meet at least quarterly. The Director of Institutional Audit and Compliance shall chair the Council. The function of the Council shall be to review current compliance efforts at MCG, to develop and establish an institutional compliance matrix, to monitor new compliance legislation and regulations, to recommend internal and external audits on compliance matters, to recommend policies and procedures and to serve as a clearinghouse for compliance-related activities and information.

Presidential appointees:

• Mike Hill, Institutional Audit and Compliance (Chair)
• Christine Adams, Compliance and Privacy Coordinator
• Beth Brigdon, Information Technology
• William Bowes, Finance
• Michael Ash, Administration
• Barry Goldstein, Academic Affairs
• Andrew Newton, Legal Affairs
• Anthony Mulloy (for Doug Miller), School of Medicine
• Roman Cibirka, Enrollment Services
• Kevin Frazier, Student Services
• Frank Treiber, Research

Compliance Officer:
The Director of Institutional Audit and Compliance is designated as the position responsible for coordinating compliance at MCG. This responsibility shall include chairing the MCG Compliance Oversight Council, maintenance of the Compliance Matrix and for ensuring the annual compliance and production of a campus-wide compliance report.