Section 128165 Of Article 1. Health Manpower Pilot Projects From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 107. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. The office shall carry out periodic onsite visitations of
each approved project and shall evaluate each project to determine
the following:
(a) The new health skills taught or extent that existing skills
have been reallocated.
(b) Implication of the project for existing licensure laws with
suggestions for changes in the law where appropriate.
(c) Implications of the project for health services curricula and
for the health care delivery systems.
(d) Teaching methods used in the project.
(e) The quality of care and patient acceptance in the project.
(f) The extent that persons with the new skills could find
employment in the health care system, assuming laws were changed to
incorporate their skill.
(g) The cost of care provided in the project, the likely cost of
this care if performed by the trainees subsequent to the project, and
the cost for provision of this care by current providers thereof.
All data collected by the office and by projects approved pursuant
to this article shall become public information, with due regard for
the confidentiality of individual patient information. The raw data
on which projects' reports are based and the data on which the office'
s evaluation is based shall be available on request for review by
interested parties. The office shall provide a reasonable opportunity
for interested parties to submit dissenting views or challenges to
reports to the Legislature and professional licensing boards required
by this section. The office shall publish those comments, subject
only to nonsubstantive editing, as part of its annual, or any
special, reports.