2006 Minnesota Statutes

137.43 SUBSTITUTE PHYSICIAN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
    Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Board of Regents, through the University of Minnesota
Academic Health Center, is requested to establish and administer a substitute physician (locum
tenens and emergency room coverage) demonstration project at up to four rural demonstration
sites within the state. The Academic Health Center is requested to coordinate the administration
of the project with the commissioner of health and the Office of Rural Health and Primary Health
Care.
    Subd. 2. Project activities. The project must:
(1) encourage physicians to serve as substitute physicians for the demonstration sites;
(2) provide a central register of physicians interested in serving as substitute physicians
at the demonstration sites;
(3) provide a referral service for requests from demonstration sites for substitute physicians;
and
(4) provide substitute physician services at rates that reflect the administrative savings
resulting from centralized referral and credentialing.
    Subd. 3. Credentialing; professional education. The Academic Health Center is requested
to credential persons desiring to serve as substitute physicians. The Academic Health Center may
employ substitute physicians serving in the demonstration project as temporary clinical faculty
and may provide substitute physicians with additional opportunities for professional education
and interaction.
    Subd. 4. Demonstration sites. The Academic Health Center is requested to designate up
to four rural communities as demonstration sites for the project. The Academic Health Center
is requested to choose sites based on a community's need for substitute physician services and
the willingness of the community to work cooperatively with the Academic Health Center and
participate in the demonstration project evaluation.
History: 1995 c 234 art 8 s 28