2006 Minnesota Statutes

137.38 EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS.
    Subdivision 1. Condition. If the Board of Regents accepts the amount transferred under
section 62J.692, subdivision 7, paragraph (b), to be used for the purposes described in sections
137.38 to 137.40, it shall comply with the duties for which the transfer is made.
    Subd. 2. Primary care. For purposes of sections 137.38 to 137.40, "primary care" means
a type of medical care delivery that assumes ongoing responsibility for the patient in both
health maintenance and illness treatment. It is personal care involving a unique interaction
and communication between the patient and the physician. It is comprehensive in scope, and
includes all the overall coordination of the care of the patient's health care problems including
biological, behavioral, and social problems. The appropriate use of consultants and community
resources is an important aspect of effective primary care. Primary care physicians include family
practitioners, general pediatricians, and general internists.
    Subd. 3. Goals. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, through the University
of Minnesota Medical School, is requested to implement the initiatives required by sections
137.38 to 137.40 in order to increase the number of graduates of residency programs of the
medical school who practice primary care by 20 percent over an eight-year period. The initiatives
must be designed to encourage newly graduated primary care physicians to establish practices in
areas of rural and urban Minnesota that are medically underserved.
    Subd. 4. Grants. The Board of Regents is requested to seek grants from private foundations
and other nonstate sources, including community provider organizations, for the medical school
initiatives outlined in sections 137.38 to 137.40.
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1995 c 212 art 2 s 22; 1995 c 263 s 16]
History: 1992 c 549 art 6 s 4; 1993 c 345 art 11 s 10-12; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 2 s 4; 2002 c
379 art 1 s 113