The board of trustees of the Ohio state university shall operate and manage a neuropsychiatric service of the college of medicine which shall be a center for teaching and research in the fields of neurology and psychiatry and a center for the treatment and care of persons having mental, nervous, or allied diseases. The university shall conduct graduate training programs in neurology and psychiatry, with a view towards securing and maintaining academic and professional accreditation of such programs.

The board of trustees, on the recommendation of the president and other administrative officers of the university, shall adopt rules and regulations for the operation of the neuropsychiatric service.

The board of trustees may enter into agreements with other public and private agencies for cooperative efforts in teaching and research in the fields of neurology and psychiatry and for the treatment of persons having mental, nervous, or allied diseases.