§ 63-1-2723. Physician Manpower Training Commission - Program funding.

A.  The Physician Manpower Training Commission shall have the option of utilizing available funding in excess of the amount necessary to fund the Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program described in Section 1-2721 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes to fund new or expanded primary care residency programs in rural and underserved areas of the state.  Such new or expanded primary care residency program funding shall include but not be limited to:

1.  Payments to hospitals desiring to establish new primary care residency programs.  Such payments shall be made to cover the costs of salaries, benefits and educational costs of residents in training at the facility;

2.  Payments to hospitals with existing primary residency programs desiring to expand the number of residents participating in those programs.  Such payments shall be made to cover the costs of salaries, benefits and educational costs of residents in training at the facility; or

3. Payments of stipends to residents of new or existing primary care residency programs in exchange for a commitment to serve in a rural or underserved area of the state as designated by the Commission.

B.  Provisions of this section shall be subject to the promulgated rules of the Commission.

Added by Laws 2011, c. 33, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.