Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 195-18-.01 - General Definitions
(1) "Internal Medicine Residency Program" is
a three year training program after graduation from medical school designed to
provide the experience required to train an internal medicine physician as
delineated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education,
Essentials for Residency Programs in Internal Medicine.
(2) "Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education" is the body established to accredit residency
programs.
(3) "Essentials of
Accredited Residencies in Graduate Medical Education," a document published by
the American Medical Association in its annual Graduate Medical Education
Directory, details the institutional and program requirements for each of the
medical specialties and subspecialties.
(4) "Qualified Hospital" means a hospital, or
associated hospitals, which meet(s) the Residency Review Committee of the
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements for a
critical mass and mix of hospital patients, medical staff, facilities, and
financial support adequate to sustain a quality program of internal medicine
resident training.
(5) "Underserved
Areas" are those geographic areas of the state in which the Board determines
there is a shortage of internal medicine physicians.
(6) "Resident" means an individual at any
level in an ACGME-accredited Graduate Medical Education Program, including
subspecialty programs.
(7)
"Capitation" means Board funding of designated Internal Medicine Residency
Training Programs based upon a fixed dollar amount per resident times the
number of residents in training, with the fixed dollar amount being set by the
total state appropriation available for this purpose.
(8) "Board Programs" means those medical
education activities supported by the Board and/or funded by the General
Assembly to address Georgia's physician workforce needs.
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