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(a) If the Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board determines that the number of first-year residency positions proposed by eligible applicants under § 6-82-2003 exceeds the amount of funding appropriated for the planning grants under this subchapter, the board:
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(1) May give priority for up to fifty percent (50%) of the funded first-year residency positions to be in primary care or other critical shortage areas in this state; and
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(2) Shall not reduce planning grant amounts awarded for each resident position, but may proportionately reduce the number of positions funded for each graduate medical education program.
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(b) If the board determines that, based on the applications it has received for planning grants under § 6-82-2003, the entire appropriation for planning grants under this subchapter shall not be awarded for a particular year, the board may transfer and use the funds appropriated to award planning grants under § 6-82-2002.
