26B-4-708. Duties of UMEC.
UMEC shall:
(1) seek private and public contributions for the program;
(2) determine the method for reimbursing institutions that sponsor health care professionals in training;
(3) determine the number and type of positions for health care professionals in training for which program money may be used;
(4) distribute program money for graduate medical education in a manner that: prepares postgraduate medical residents, as defined by the accreditation council on graduate medical education, for inpatient, outpatient, hospital, community, and geographically diverse settings; encourages the coordination of interdisciplinary clinical training among health care professionals in training; promotes stable funding for the clinical training of health care professionals in training; and only funds accredited clinical training programs; and
(5) advise on the implementation of the program.