Texas Education Code

§ 58.008 — PRIMARY CARE RESIDENCY PROGRAM EXPANSION

ED § 58.008Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 58. COMPENSATION OF RESIDENT PHYSICIANS

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(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;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 518, Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 1995.