state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1)The Alabama Statewide Area Health Education Center Program Office shall administer the program and certify clinical preceptorships on behalf of all eligible qualified health professions training programs.(2) A clinical preceptorship may not be certified as eligible under the program unless the clinical preceptorship is performed in a medically underserved rural area.(b)(1) Prior to the certification of any clinical preceptorship, the Alabama Statewide Area Health Education Center Program Office shall conduct a needs assessment of the current number and current need for community-based faculty preceptors in the state and submit a final report of the assessment to the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro-Tempore of the Senate, the Chairs of the Senate Healthcare and House Health Committees, and the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education and the House Ways and Means Education Committees.(2) The Alabama Statewide Area Health Education Center Program Office shall consult with the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services to develop the appropriate measures and methodology for conducting the needs assessment.
