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1997 SESSION
971709760Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 32.1-122.7 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-122.7. Statewide Area Health Education Centers Program.
A. The Board, in cooperation with the Virginia Health Planning
Board and the three medical schools in the Commonwealth, shall design and
implement the Virginia Statewide Area Health Education
CenterCenters Program in order to attract and retain
medical care practitioners in underserved areas of Virginia (AHEC)
is a collaborative partnership conducted under the auspices of the Virginia
Statewide AHEC Board of Directors. Generally, AHECs are nonprofit
organizations with a governing or advisory board of individuals representing
the services area. The mission of the Area Health Education Centers
Program shall be designed to is to promote health careers
and access to primary care for medically under-served populations through
community-academic partnerships. The mission of the Virginia Statewide AHEC
Program is accomplished through the following four major areas of program
activity: (i) establish professional practice support systems by
linking the benefits of the medical expertise and research of the three medical
schools with the delivery of health services to indigent individuals and
recipients of public assistance developing health careers
recruitment programs for Virginia's students, especially under-represented and
disadvantaged students; (ii) encourage the graduates of the three
medical schools to practice in the Commonwealth by recruiting students to enter
primary care specialties and to practice in underserved areas
supporting the community-based training of primary care health professions
students, residents, and other health professions students in Virginia's
under-served communities; (iii) promote the development and
implementation of innovations in the delivery of community health services such
as after-hours clinics in the three medical schools and community-based service
demonstration projects providing educational and practice support
systems for the Commonwealth's primary care providers; and
(iv) anticipate and avoid critical physician shortages by expanding
opportunities for family practice preceptorships, clerkships, and
residencies collaborating with health, education, and human services
organizations to facilitate and promote improved health education and disease
prevention among the citizens of the Commonwealth.
B. The Board of Directors shall report annually the status and progress of the implementation of the Program's goals and objectives to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, the State Board of Health, and the Governor and the General Assembly.