2025 Utah Code
Title 26B - Utah Health and Human Services Code
Chapter 4 - Health Care - Delivery and Access
Part 7 - Health Care Workforce
Section 708 - Duties of UMEC.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 26B-4-708 (2025)
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Effective 5/3/2023
26B-4-708. Duties of UMEC.
UMEC shall:
  • (1) seek private and public contributions for the program;
  • (2) determine the method for reimbursing institutions that sponsor health care professionals in training;
  • (3) determine the number and type of positions for health care professionals in training for which program money may be used;
  • (4) distribute program money for graduate medical education in a manner that:
    • (a) prepares postgraduate medical residents, as defined by the accreditation council on graduate medical education, for inpatient, outpatient, hospital, community, and geographically diverse settings;
    • (b) encourages the coordination of interdisciplinary clinical training among health care professionals in training;
    • (c) promotes stable funding for the clinical training of health care professionals in training; and
    • (d) only funds accredited clinical training programs; and
  • (5) advise on the implementation of the program.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 307, 2023 General Session
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