Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 86.djvu/1149

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PUBLIC LAW 92-541-OCT. 24, 1972

allocations to Veterans' Administration hospitals and other medical facilities for the development or initiation of improved methods of education and training which may include the development or initiation of plans which reduce the period of required education and training for health personnel but which do not adversely affect the quality of such education or training." (b) The table of chapters at the beginning of part VI of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding •'82. Assistance in Establishing New State Medical Schools; Grants to Affiliated Medical Schools; Assistance to Health Manpower Training Institutions 5070". immediately below "81. Acquisition and Operation of Hospital and Domiciliary Facilities; Procurement and Supply 5001". SEC. 3. (a) Chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subchapter:

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"SUBCHAPTER II—REGIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION CENTERS "§ 4121. Designation of Regional Medical Education Centers " (a) In carrying out his functions under section 4101 of this title with regard to the training of health manpower, the Administrator shall implement a pilot program under which he shall designate as Regional Medical Education Centers such Veterans' Administration hospitals as he determines appropriate to carry out the provisions of this subchapter in geographically dispersed areas of the United States. ^'(b) Each Regional Medical Education Center (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as 'Center') designated under subsection (a) of this section shall provide in-residence continuing medical and related education programs for medical and health personnel eligible for training under this subchapter, including (1) the teaching of newly developed medical skills and the use of newlj^ developed medical technologies and equipment, (2) advanced clinical instruction, (3) the opportunity for conducting clinical investigations, (4) clinical demonstrations in the utilizaton of new types of health personnel and in the better utilization of the skills of existing health personnel, and (5) routine verification of basic medical skills and, where determined necessary, remediation of any deficiency in such skills. "§ 4122, Supervision and staffing of Centers " (a) Centers shall be operated under the supervision of the Chief Medical Director and staffed with personnel qualified to provide the highest quality instruction and training in various medical and health care disciplines. " (b) As a means of providing appropriate recognition to individuals in the career service of the Department of Medicine and Surgery who possess outstanding qualifications in a particular medical or kealth care discipline, the Chief Medical Director shall from time to time and for such period as he deems appropriate assign such individuals to serve as visiting instructors at Centers. "(c) Whenever he deems it necessary for the effective conduct of the program provided for under this subchapter, the Chief Medical Director is authorized to contract for the services of highly qualified medical and health personnel from outside the Veterans' Administration to serve as instructors at such Centers. "§ 4123. Personnel eligible for training "The Chief Medical Director shall determine the manner in which personnel are to be selected for training in the Centers. Preference

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