15-1753. Primary care disciplines;
definition
A. The university of Arizona school of medicine shall prepare a plan with the goal
of encouraging students to enter the primary care disciplines. At least sixty per cent
of the residency positions available at the university of Arizona school of medicine
shall be reserved for medical school graduates entering programs defined as primary care
disciplines of which at least twelve per cent of the residency positions available at the
university of Arizona school of medicine shall be reserved for medical school graduates
entering the family medicine program.
B. Beginning October 1, 1995 and each year thereafter, the university of Arizona
shall submit a report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of
representatives. The report shall include the number of residents who graduated from the
university of Arizona in a primary care discipline and who are practicing in primary care
and the number who have elected to enter into specialty practices.
C. The information provided in subsection B of this section shall be made available
to the chairmen of the appropriations committees in the house of representatives and the
senate for their use in future funding decisions for the university of Arizona medical
school.
D. For purposes of this section, "primary care disciplines" includes family
medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology.
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