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9 Committee Note:
10 The Health and Human Services Interim Committee recommended this bill.
11 Legislative Vote: 11 voting for 0 voting against 6 absent
12 General Description:
13 This bill amends and reauthorizes the rural residency training program.
14 Highlighted Provisions:
15 This bill:
16 ▸ adds dental education programs to the list of training programs in the rural residency
17 training program;
18 ▸ reauthorizes the rural residency training program for five years; and
19 ▸ makes technical changes.
20 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
21 None
22 Other Special Clauses:
23 None
24 Utah Code Sections Affected:
25 AMENDS:
26 53B-24-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 258
27 53B-24-402, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapters 62 and 258
28 63I-1-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 90, 136, 166, 173, 246,
29 325, 344 and last amended by Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter
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32 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
33 Section 1. Section 53B-24-102 is amended to read:
34 53B-24-102. Definitions.
35 As used in this chapter:
36 (1) "Accredited clinical education program" means a clinical education program for a
37 health care profession that is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical
38 Education.
39 (2) "Accredited clinical training program" means a clinical training program that is
40 accredited by an entity recognized within medical education circles as an accrediting body for
41 medical education, advanced practice nursing education, physician assistance education, doctor
42 of pharmacy education, dental education, or registered nursing education.
43 (3) "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services" means the Centers for Medicare and
44 Medicaid Services within the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
45 (4) "Council" means the Medical Education Council created under Section
46 53B-24-302.
47 (5) "Health care professionals in training" means medical students and residents,
48 advance practice nursing students, physician assistant students, doctor of pharmacy students,
49 dental students, and registered nursing students.
50 (6) "Program" means the Medical Education Program created under Section
51 53B-24-202.
52 Section 2. Section 53B-24-402 is amended to read:
53 53B-24-402. Rural residency training program.
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55 (a) "Physician" means:
56 (i) a person licensed to practice medicine under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical
57 Practice Act or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; and
58 (ii) a person licensed to practice dentistry under Title 58, Chapter 69, Dentist and
59 Dental Hygienist Practice Act.
60 (b) "Rural residency training program" means an accredited clinical training program
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62 of the physician's clinical training.
63 (2) (a) Subject to appropriations from the Legislature, the council shall establish a pilot
64 program to place physicians into rural residency training programs.
65 (b) The program shall sunset in accordance with Section 63I-1-253.
66 Section 3. Section 63I-1-253 is amended to read:
67 63I-1-253. Repeal dates, Titles 53 through 53G.
68 The following provisions are repealed on the following dates:
69 (1) Subsection 53-6-203(1)(b)(ii), regarding being 19 years old at certification, is
70 repealed July 1, 2022.
71 (2) Subsection 53-13-104(6), regarding being 19 years old at certification, is repealed
72 July 1, 2022.
73 (3) Title 53B, Chapter 17, Part 11, USTAR Researchers, is repealed July 1, 2028.
74 (4) Section 53B-18-1501 is repealed July 1, 2021.
75 (5) Title 53B, Chapter 18, Part 16, USTAR Researchers, is repealed July 1, 2028.
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77 Part 4, Rural Residency Training Program, is repealed July 1, [
78 (7) Subsection 53C-3-203(4)(b)(vii), which provides for the distribution of money
79 from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the Geological Survey for test wells, other
80 hydrologic studies, and air quality monitoring in the West Desert, is repealed July 1, 2020.
81 (8) Section 53E-3-515 is repealed January 1, 2023.
82 (9) In relation to a standards review committee, on January 1, 2023:
83 (a) in Subsection 53E-4-202(8), the language that states "by a standards review
84 committee and the recommendations of a standards review committee established under
85 Section 53E-4-203" is repealed; and
86 (b) Section 53E-4-203 is repealed.
87 (10) In relation to the SafeUT and School Safety Commission, on January 1, 2023:
88 (a) Subsection 53B-17-1201(1) is repealed;
89 (b) Section 53B-17-1203 is repealed;
90 (c) Subsection 53B-17-1204(2) is repealed;
91 (d) Subsection 53B-17-1204(4)(a), the language that states "in accordance with the
92 method described in Subsection (4)(c)" is repealed; and
93 (e) Subsection 53B-17-1204(4)(c) is repealed.
94 (11) Section 53F-2-514 is repealed July 1, 2020.
95 (12) Section 53F-5-203 is repealed July 1, 2024.
96 (13) Section 53F-5-212 is repealed July 1, 2024.
97 (14) Section 53F-5-213 is repealed July 1, 2023.
98 (15) Title 53F, Chapter 5, Part 6, American Indian and Alaskan Native Education State
99 Plan Pilot Program, is repealed July 1, 2022.
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103 Commission, are repealed January 1, 2025.
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105 C misdemeanor, is repealed July 1, 2020.