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State Commissions and Councils Code | |
Medical Education Program | |
Section 104 | Duties of council. |
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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 money may be used; and (7) distribute program money 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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