2007 Minnesota Statutes

137.42 GRANTS FOR AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER PROGRAMS.
    Subdivision 1. Grant application. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota,
through the Academic Health Center and the University of Minnesota-Duluth School of Medicine,
is requested to apply for a federal Area Health Education Center Program grant. If awarded a
grant, the University of Minnesota-Duluth School of Medicine, in cooperation with public or
private, nonprofit area health education centers, is requested to plan, develop, and operate area
health education center programs. The University of Minnesota-Duluth School of Medicine is
requested to develop cooperative arrangements with two area health education centers in year
two of the grant, and develop cooperative arrangements with an additional two centers in year
three of the grant.
    Subd. 2. Program requirements. Each program must:
(1) provide preceptorship educational experiences for health science students;
(2) maintain community-based primary care residency programs or be affiliated with such
programs;
(3) maintain continuing education programs for health professionals or coordinate its
activities with such programs;
(4) maintain learning resources and dissemination systems;
(5) have agreements with community-based organizations for educating and training health
professionals;
(6) train health professionals, including nurses and allied health professionals; and
(7) carry out recruitment and health career awareness programs among minority and other
students in medically underserved areas of the state.
History: 1995 c 234 art 8 s 27