Section 404 – Duties of UMEC.

Effective 7/1/2022
26-69-404. Duties of UMEC.
UMEC shall:

• (1) seek private and public contributions for the program;

• (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

• (5) advise on the implementation of the program.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 224, 2022 General Session