Bill Summary for S 85 (2013-2014)

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Jun 25 2014

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View NCGA Bill Details2013-2014 Session
Senate Bill 85 (Public) Filed Wednesday, February 13, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE AVAILABILITY OF THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR CLINICAL ROTATIONS FOR NORTH CAROLINA ALLOPATHIC AND OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL STUDENTS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION POSITIONS FOR NORTH CAROLINA ALLOPATHIC AND OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATES.
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House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Deletes the provisions of the previous edition in their entirety.

Changes the short and long titles.

Directs the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine to provide, starting in the Fall Semester of 2015, a minimum of 25 percent of the total clerkships available to 3rd and 4th year medical students to medical students attending other accredited and provisionally accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools in North Carolina. Sets out the application process, requirements, and qualifications for the clerkships.

Enacts new GS 116-36.7, which prohibits the UNC System and their affiliate medical schools from limiting access to any medical student clerkships, rotations, or graduate medical education positions at hospitals, NC Area Health Education Centers, or medical practice locations by students enrolled at any other accredited and provisionally accredited North Carolina school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine.