2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 164 - STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -- REGIONAL EDUCATION -- ARCHAEOLOGY 164.937 Center of Excellence in Rural Health.
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164.937 Center of Excellence in Rural Health.
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The University of Kentucky shall maintain a Center of Excellence in Rural
Health.
The mission of the Center of Excellence in Rural Health shall be the
improvement of the health of all rural Kentuckians and the improvement of rural
health care systems through education, research, and service.
The Center of Excellence in Rural Health shall:
(a) Support a site-based director, core faculty, and staff;
(b) Collect and maintain statistical and other information relating to rural
health status, rural health care systems, rural health policy, and other
issues affecting the health and well-being of rural populations;
(c) Collect, analyze, interpret, disseminate, and make recommendations
regarding the availability, distribution, and sufficiency of the health
professions workforce;
(d) Provide educational opportunities for students committed to rural health
care:
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To obtain education in needed health professions as determined by
the workforce analyses, rotating these programs as necessary;
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By testing and developing innovative models for learning; and
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By reserving funds budgeted for specific educational programs that
in the future are deemed no longer necessary for use for educational
programs for other health professions;
(e) Maintain site-based family practice residencies;
(f) Serve as the federally designated Office of Rural Health and perform the
duties prescribed by the United States Health Resources and Services
Administration;
(g) Demonstrate or provide innovative programs that improve the health of
rural Kentuckians and strengthen rural health care systems; and
(h) Advocate for rural health care.
To the extent additional funds are appropriated, the Center of Excellence in
Rural Health shall establish additional sites throughout the Commonwealth as
necessary to achieve the mission of the center.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the study of rural health
policies, workforce analyses, or the training of health professionals in or for
rural or medically underserved areas by other state universities.
The University of Kentucky shall report to the Council on Postsecondary
Education and the Legislative Research Commission a detailed, audited
statement of expenditures for each program function in the Center of
Excellence for Rural Health Care by September 1 of each year which
enumerates expenditures for the preceding fiscal year.
Effective:June 21, 2001
History: Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 30, sec. 1, effective June 21, 2001. -Amended 1997 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 131, effective May 30,
1997. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 482, sec. 15, effective July 13, 1990.
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