26B-4-708. Duties of UMEC. UMEC shall:
| (1) |
seek private and public contributions for the program; |
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-4-708
- Health care professionals in training: means medical students and residents, advance practice nursing students, physician assistant students, doctor of pharmacy students, dental students, and registered nursing students. See Utah Code 26B-4-701
- Hospital: means a general acute hospital, as defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 26B-4-701
- UMEC: means the Utah Medical Education Council created in Section 26B-4-706. See Utah Code 26B-4-701
| (2) |
determine the method for reimbursing institutions that sponsor health care professionals in training; |
| (3) |
determine the number and type of positions for health care professionals in training for which program money may be used; |
| (4) |
distribute program money 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; and |
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| (5) |
advise on the implementation of the program. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 307, 2023 General Session
