K.  Special Medical Residency Program

 

[§304A-1751]  Findings and purpose.  Thelegislature finds that the limited supply of physicians and the attractivenessof private practice inhibit the efforts of the department of health to provideprimary medical care in certain rural communities of the State and lessen theability of the department of public safety to recruit physicians to serve incorrectional facilities.  The legislature further finds that an opportunityshould be made available to attract physicians to fill positions in thedepartment of health and the department of public safety.

The purpose of this subpart is to establish aninnovative program that seeks to provide an opportunity for physicians to servewith the State and, consequently, ease the difficulty of the department ofhealth and the department of public safety in recruiting physicians.  Thissubpart does not change the standards of any medical residency program oraffect the existing relationship between the school of medicine of the Universityof Hawaii and the various hospitals that take part in any residency program. [L2006, c 75, pt of §2]