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RURAL RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM

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REAUTHORIZATION

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2015 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Edward H. Redd

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Senate Sponsor: Evan J. Vickers

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8     LONG TITLE
9     Committee Note:
10          The Health and Human Services Interim Committee recommended this bill.
11     General Description:
12          This bill reauthorizes the Rural Residency Training Program.
13     Highlighted Provisions:
14          This bill:
15          ▸     makes technical amendments to the Rural Residency Training Program; and
16          ▸     reauthorizes the Rural Residency Training Program until July 1, 2020.
17     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
18          None
19     Other Special Clauses:
20          None
21     Utah Code Sections Affected:
22     AMENDS:
23          53B-24-402, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 167 and renumbered and
24     amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 28
25          63I-1-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapters 189, 226, and 412
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27     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

28          Section 1. Section 53B-24-402 is amended to read:
29          53B-24-402. Rural residency training program.
30          (1) For purposes of this section:
31          (a) "Physician" means:
32          (i) a person licensed to practice medicine under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical
33     Practice Act or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; and
34          (ii) a person licensed to practice dentistry under Title 58, Chapter 69, Dentist and
35     Dental Hygienist Practice Act.
36          (b) "Rural residency training program" means an accredited clinical training program
37     as defined in Section 53B-24-102 which places a physician into a rural county for a part or all
38     of the physician's clinical training.
39          (2) (a) Subject to appropriations from the Legislature, the council shall establish a pilot
40     program to place physicians into rural residency training programs.
41          (b) The [pilot] program shall [begin July 1, 2005 and] sunset [July 1, 2015,] in
42     accordance with Section [63I-1-263] 63I-1-253.
43          Section 2. Section 63I-1-253 is amended to read:
44          63I-1-253. Repeal dates, Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.
45          The following provisions are repealed on the following dates:
46          (1) Section 53-3-232, Conditional license, is repealed July 1, 2015.
47          (2) Subsection 53-10-202(18) is repealed July 1, 2018.
48          (3) Section 53-10-202.1 is repealed July 1, 2018.
49          (4) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 6, Public Education Job Enhancement Program is
50     repealed July 1, 2020.
51          (5) Title 53A, Chapter 11, Part 15, School Safety Tip Line, is repealed July 1, 2015.
52          (6) The State Instructional Materials Commission, created in Section 53A-14-101, is
53     repealed July 1, 2016.
54          (7) Subsections 53A-16-113(3) and (4) are repealed December 31, 2016.
55          (8) Section 53A-16-114 is repealed December 31, 2016.
56          (9) Section 53A-17a-163, Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program is repealed
57     July 1, 2016.
58          (10) Section 53B-24-402, Rural residency training program, is repealed July 1, [2015]

59     2020.
60          (11) Subsection 53C-3-203(4)(b)(vii), which provides for the distribution of money
61     from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the Geological Survey for test wells, other
62     hydrologic studies, and air quality monitoring in the West Desert, is repealed July 1, 2020.






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