Section 128235 Of Article 1. Song-brown Health Care Workforce Training Act From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 107. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
128235
. Pursuant to this article and Article 2 (commencing with
Section 128250), the Director of the Office of Statewide Health
Planning and Development shall do all of the following:
(a) Determine whether primary care and family medicine, primary
care physician's assistant training program proposals, primary care
nurse practitioner training program proposals, and registered nurse
training program proposals submitted to the California Healthcare
Workforce Policy Commission for participation in the state medical
contract program established by this article and Article 2
(commencing with Section 128250) meet the standards established by
the commission.
(b) Select and contract on behalf of the state with accredited
medical schools, teaching health centers, programs that train primary
care physician's assistants, programs that train primary care nurse
practitioners, hospitals, and other health care delivery systems for
the purpose of training undergraduate medical students and residents
in the specialties of internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology,
pediatrics, and family medicine. Contracts shall be awarded to those
institutions that best demonstrate the ability to provide quality
education and training and to retain students and residents in
specific areas of California where there is a recognized unmet
priority need for primary care family physicians. Contracts shall be
based upon the recommendations of the commission and in conformity
with the contract criteria and program standards established by the
commission.
(c) Select and contract on behalf of the state with programs that
train registered nurses. Contracts shall be awarded to those
institutions that best demonstrate the ability to provide quality
education and training and to retain students and residents in
specific areas of California where there is a recognized unmet
priority need for registered nurses. Contracts shall be based upon
the recommendations of the commission and in conformity with the
contract criteria and program standards established by the
commission.
(d) Terminate, upon 30 days' written notice, the contract of any
institution whose program does not meet the standards established by
the commission or that otherwise does not maintain proper compliance
with this part, except as otherwise provided in contracts entered
into by the director pursuant to this article and Article 2
(commencing with Section 128250).