Texas Education Code - Section 58.008. Primary Care Residency Program Expansion
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§ 58.008. PRIMARY CARE RESIDENCY PROGRAM EXPANSION. (a)
Only residency positions in family practice, general internal
medicine, general pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology shall
be eligible for these funds.
(b) The committee shall recommend to the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board an allocation of new primary care
residency positions that are to receive state support. The
committee shall take into consideration in recommending an
allocation among the four primary care specialties designated for
expansion the following factors:
(1) the current primary care specialties mix of Texas
physicians in direct practice;
(2) projections for the primary care specialties mix
of Texas physicians in direct practice;
(3) the current state-supported primary care
positions;
(4) geographic shortages for primary care physicians;
(5) federally designated and state designated
medically underserved areas;
(6) the demographics of the Texas population; and
(7) the infrastructure of existing residency
programs.
(c) Once funds are awarded to support a resident position of
a particular residency program, the board shall continue to award
funds to support that residency position for all three or four
postgraduate years of the residency training curriculum until the
resident physician appointed to that position has completed or left
the program. The position would then be eligible for reallocation
by the Primary Care Residency Advisory Committee.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 518, § 1, eff. June 12, 1995.
Section: 58.001 58.002 58.003 58.004 58.005 58.006 58.007 58.008 58.009 58.010 59.01 59.02 59.03 59.04 59.05
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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