§ 49-9-702 — Clinical medical education centers

(a) (1) The establishment of clinical medical education centers in Washington and Sullivan counties and in Hamilton County are authorized. (2) A clinical medical center shall include internship and residency training in medicine, as well as clinical training for advanced undergraduate medical students. It may also include training programs for other health professionals and short courses and continuing medical education for physicians residing in the area. (b) The University of Tennessee medical units will be responsible for the planning and development of the centers, in a manner similar to the clinical center being developed at the Memorial Research Center and Hospital in Knoxville. (c) The University of Tennessee medical units are responsible for planning the further development of other educational programs designed to achieve a better distribution of physicians into nonmetropolitan areas of the state where a shortage of doctors currently exists, and are authorized and directed to work with Vanderbilt University and Meharry Medical College to develop statewide programs for medical education that are designed to increase the supply and achieve a better distribution of physicians in Tennessee.

Legislative History

Acts 1972, ch. 766, §§ 1-3; T.C.A., §§ 49-3355 -- 49-3357.