Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission
Chapter 15 - Internship and Residency Program
Section 540:15-1-3 - Terms and conditions of assistance
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
Section 697.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes states that financial assistance for internship and residency training shall be provided to Oklahoma allopathic and osteopathic institutions engaged in postgraduate training on a cost sharing basis as follows:
(1) Salary, fringe benefits, training and program administration of the interns and residents as may be arranged by contract for reimbursement with an accredited and approved hospital and accredited clinical programs throughout the state. . . .[70:697.2]
(2) The Commission shall conduct the coordination and selection of internship and residency programs to assure the effective operation of these programs.
(3) Not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the subsidy for these programs shall be used in the training of primary health care and family/general practice physicians for the rural and medically underserved areas of the state [70:697.2]; the subsidy to a given training institution shall not exceed any maximum or minimum amount which may be prescribed by law or as determined by the Commission.
(4) No less than forty percent (40%) of all participating residents and interns in each school year must participate in a rural program outside the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan areas. [70:697.6] Residents and interns shall allocate the time spent in rural programs outside the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan areas in accordance with primary care specialty accreditation standards.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1772, eff 5-11-98
