Physicians and surgeons: special faculty permits: academic medical centers.
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Overview
This bill modifies the requirements for academic medical centers to qualify for special faculty permits. Specifically, it removes the requirement that they be accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, but maintains the requirement to train a minimum of 25 resident or fellow physicians annually. It also changes the selection process for the representative from academic medical centers on the review committee, requiring that individual be from a facility meeting specific training criteria.
Key provisions
- Removes the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation requirement for academic medical centers.
- Lowers the resident physician training requirement to 25 annually.
- Changes the selection process for the academic medical center representative on the review committee.
- Requires the representative from academic medical centers to be from a facility training at least 250 resident physicians annually.
- Authorizes the board to approve up to 5 special faculty permit applications per academic medical center annually.
- Defines ‘academic medical center’ based on training requirements and research activity.
- Clarifies that time spent under a special faculty permit does not count toward postgraduate training.
- Specifies criteria for ‘academically eminent’ applicants.
Who is affected
- Physicians and Surgeons
- Medical Schools
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