Georgia must develop detailed implementation strategies and a realistic timeline for expanding medical education, the Board of Regents said Wednesday.

The regents agreed to expand physician education by 60 percent, according to a news release issued by the regents.

The resolution mandating the expansion charges Chancellor Erroll Davis, Medical College of Georgia President Daniel Rahn and University of Georgia President Michael Adams with implementing a report approved last month by the Regents.

The report called for MCG to increase enrollment from 745 to 1,200 students by 2020.

In other business, the Regents heard an update Tuesday about the University System’s audit of state-issued credit cards, including three cases of University employees fired for misusing funds.

Holley Schramski, University controller, said the cases were discovered either through internal audits or reports from employees who supervise purchases on the cards.

The University is filing criminal charges on one of the individuals.

Jack Russell Bales, former assistant manager of campus transit, is accused of making $37,000 in fraudulent charges, according to a report in the Athens Banner-Herald.

Bales was fired, arrested and charged with 12 felony counts of theft by deception in October.

“That investigation usually involves internal audits and involves police investigation,” Schramski said.

She said the cards allow employees to purchase goods efficiently and require responsibility. Use of the state-issued cards, called p-cards or procurement cards, generally is in accordance with standards.

When employees misuse them, she said, “The University goes through the appropriate processes to recoup the money.”

According to the University’s “Procurement Card Manual,” single p-card purchases must not exceed $4,999.

John Millsaps, spokesperson for the regents, said Chancellor Davis ordered an audit of all p-card uses within the system.

The four research institutions in the state, including the University, are conducting their own audits and will submit those for a state report due March 1.

Schramski said University officials acted on the p-card incidents before the audit.

A number of policies are in place to prevent misuse and abuse of the cards, including approval of purchases at the departmental level and several mandatory employee training sessions, she said. The data on p-card purchases regularly is reviewed to identify questionable purchases.

Millsaps said misuse occurs due to uncertainty about the proper procedure for the cards.

The regents also gave final approval Wednesday for an athletic complex immortalizing former head football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley.

University officials unveiled the plan for the complex Monday, quickly passing it in time to get it approved at this month’s regents meeting.

Regents also approved standardizing the number of credit hours given to International Baccalaureate diploma recipients. IB is a college preparatory program similar to Advanced Placement.