(a) In order to effectuate §§ 68-1-1603 and 68-1-1604, Meharry Medical College, East Tennessee State University, and the University of Tennessee, Memphis, shall be charged to initiate or further develop programs designed in this part through individual AHEC programs inclusive of existing centers.(b) For the purposes of subsection (a), responsibility for the AHEC programs shall be as follows:
(1) Meharry Medical College – the middle grand division; and the AHEC program of the East Tennessee Area Health Education Center, Inc. shall serve the counties of Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Sequatchie and Sevier.(2) East Tennessee State University – the AHEC program of the Northeast Tennessee Area Health Education Center shall serve the counties of Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Morgan, Scott, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union and Washington; and(3) The University of Tennessee, Memphis – the western grand division.
