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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