K.  Special Medical Residency Program



 



[§304A-1751]  Findings and purpose.  The
legislature finds that the limited supply of physicians and the attractiveness
of private practice inhibit the efforts of the department of health to provide
primary medical care in certain rural communities of the State and lessen the
ability of the department of public safety to recruit physicians to serve in
correctional facilities.  The legislature further finds that an opportunity
should be made available to attract physicians to fill positions in the
department of health and the department of public safety.



The purpose of this subpart is to establish an
innovative program that seeks to provide an opportunity for physicians to serve
with the State and, consequently, ease the difficulty of the department of
health and the department of public safety in recruiting physicians.  This
subpart does not change the standards of any medical residency program or
affect the existing relationship between the school of medicine of the University
of Hawaii and the various hospitals that take part in any residency program. [L
2006, c 75, pt of §2]