63C-8-104.   Duties of council.
     The council shall:
     (1) submit an application in accordance with federal law for a demonstration project to the Health Care Financing Administration before December 31, 1997, for the purpose of receiving and disbursing federal funds for direct and indirect graduate medical education expenses;
     (2) seek private and public contributions for the program;
     (3) study and recommend options for financing graduate medical education to the State Board of Regents and the Legislature;
     (4) advise the State Board of Regents and the Legislature on the status and needs of health care professionals in training;
     (5) determine the method for reimbursing institutions that sponsor health care professionals in training;
     (6) determine the number and type of positions for health care professionals in training for which program monies may be used; and
     (7) distribute program monies for graduate medical education in a manner that:
     (a) prepares postgraduate medical residents, as defined by the accreditation council on graduate medical education, for inpatient, outpatient, hospital, community, and geographically diverse settings;
     (b) encourages the coordination of interdisciplinary clinical training among health care professionals in training;
     (c) promotes stable funding for the clinical training of health care professionals in training; and
     (d) only funds accredited clinical training programs.

Enacted by Chapter 202, 1997 General Session
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