§ 18A:64G-37 — Purpose of program.

3. The program shall: a. Create training sites in each of the northern, central and southern regions of the State; b. Establish cooperative agreements with managed care organizations, community health centers and other health care facilities in the State, in which the program participants can provide medical and dental care to persons with developmental disabilities; c. Establish standards for one to two year fellowships, which shall include clinical, didactic and research components, as appropriate, and provide stipends to the program fellows which are comparable to other post-graduate medical and dental fellowships offered in the State; d. Establish collaborative, working relationships with Department of Human Services programs for the developmentally disabled, programs that deliver health care services to the disabled community and accredited residency programs in the State to provide training to medical and dental residents in the provision of health care to persons with developmental disabilities; and e. Ensure the development and provision of continuing medical education and continuing dental education for physicians and dentists, respectively, on a Statewide basis, in the care of persons with developmental disabilities. L.1999,c.353,s.3.