Nevada § 396.908 - Medical Education Council of Nevada: Establishment; duties; use of gifts and other money

§ 396.908. Medical Education Council of Nevada: Establishment; duties; use of gifts and other money

1. The Medical Education Council of Nevada is hereby established within the University

of Nevada School of Medicine to ensure that Nevada has an adequate, well-trained health

care workforce to meet the needs of the residents of this State. The Medical Education Council of Nevada shall: (a) Determine the workforce needs for the provision of health care services in this

State; (b) Determine the number and types of positions of employment for which money appropriated

to the Medical Education Council of Nevada may be used, including, without limitation,

positions for practitioners, other providers of health care and other personnel to

staff health care facilities and programs; (c) Investigate and make recommendations to the University of Nevada School of Medicine

and the Legislature on the status and needs of practitioners, other providers of health

care and other personnel of health care facilities or programs; (d) Determine a method for reimbursing institutions that sponsor practitioners, other

providers of health care or other personnel of health care facilities or programs; (e) To the extent authorized by federal law, prepare and submit a formal application

to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department

of Health and Human Services for the purpose of receiving and dispersing federal money

for graduate medical education expenses; (f) Distribute a portion of any money it receives for graduate medical education expenses

in a manner that: (1) Prepares postgraduate medical and dental residents, as defined by the Accreditation

Council for Graduate Medical Education, to provide inpatient, outpatient and hospital

services in various communities and in geographically diverse settings; (2) Encourages the coordination of interdisciplinary clinical training by practitioners

and other providers of health care to such postgraduate medical and dental residents;

and (3) Promotes funding for accredited clinical training programs provided by practitioners

or other providers of health care to such postgraduate medical and dental residents; (g) Apply for grants, gifts and donations from public and private sources, including

the Federal Government, to carry out the objectives of the Medical Education Council

of Nevada; (h) Initiate a cooperative agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services

to promote the intergovernmental transfer of money for the purposes of receiving and

dispersing money to carry out the objectives of the Medical Education Council of Nevada;

and (i) Distribute additional financial resources to training programs for practitioners,

other providers of health care or other personnel of health care facilities or programs

in the State. 2. Any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money received by the Medical

Education Council of Nevada may be used to carry out the provisions of this section. 3. As used in this section, “ practitioner ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439A.0195 .