§ 25.5-1-601. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: Physicians engaged in family medicine are in critically short supply in this state; Because of the distribution of such physicians, many rural and urban areas of the state are underserved; A significant portion of the state population is medically underserved because of indigency; Family physicians provide health […]
§ 25.5-1-602. Commission Created – Composition – Terms of Office
There is hereby created, in the department of health care policy and financing, the commission on family medicine, referred to in this part 6 as the “commission”. No more than four members of the commission appointed by the governor pursuant to subsection (1)(d) of this section may be members of the same major political party. […]
§ 25.5-1-603. Duties of Commission – Reporting
The commission shall: Assure that family medicine residency program standards are equal to or more stringent than the standards established by the accreditation council on graduate medical education of the American medical association or the American osteopathic association for residency training in family medicine; In cooperation with the dean of the school of medicine, approve […]