19 Tex. Admin. Code § 6.137 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Board--The
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(2) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher
Education.
(3) First-Year Residency
Position--A position filled by a physician that is entering into residency
training for the first time.
(4)
Graduate Medical Education Program (also referred to as residency training)--
(A) a nationally-accredited post-doctor of
medicine (M.D.) or post-doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) program that
prepares physicians for the independent practice of medicine in a specific
specialty area; or
(B) a
nationally-accredited post-doctor of podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) program that
prepares podiatrists for independent practice in the specialty area of
podiatry.
(5)
Graduate-Year Level--A resident's current year of accredited graduate medical
education. Graduate-Year Level is also referred to as "postgraduate year" or
"PGY."
(6) Medical School--A public
or independent medical institution that awards the doctor of medicine (M.D.) or
doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree, as defined in Texas Education
Code, §
61.003(5)
or §
61.501(1).
(7) Request for Applications--The full text
of the administrative regulations, budget guidelines, reporting requirements,
and other standards of accountability for this program.
(8) Sponsoring Institution--The organization
or entity that assumes the ultimate financial and/or academic responsibility
for a program of graduate medical education, e.g., a university, a medical
school, a hospital, a school of public health, a health department, a public
health agency, an organized health care delivery system, a medical examiner's
office, a consortium, an educational foundation.
(9) Applicant--A sponsoring institution that
has submitted an Application for an award under the Grants for New and Expanded
Programs for Graduate Medical Education.
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