New Jersey § 18a:64h-1

§ 18a:64h-1.

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a. There is need to establish State support for a system of graduate medical education; b. There is at present a serious deficiency in the number of practicing primary-care

(family practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics) physicians in certain

geographic areas and among certain specialty-care physicians in the State; c. In recognition of the need to provide educational programs to provide more trained

physicians for the State, the State, through the passage of the “Medical and Dental

Education Act of 1970,” P.L.1970, c. 102 ( C. 18A:64G-1 et seq. ) has created and supports medical schools under the College of Medicine and Dentistry

of New Jersey 1 as a matter of public policy of the State; d. In recognition of the State's concern with respect to health care needs, the State,

through the passage of the “Health Care Facilities Planning Act,” P.L.1971, c. 136

( C. 26:2H-1 et seq. ) has mandated health planning, hospital and health related services in all public

and private institutions as a matter of public policy; e. The mechanism to provide programs and facilities for graduate medical education

is intimately related to the provision of training programs by private nonprofit and

public hospitals throughout the State. Thus, while the methodology for financing undergraduate medical education has been

provided, the equally important methodology for financing programs of graduate medical

education is lacking; f. Increasing financial limitations have made it extremely difficult for such private

nonprofit and public hospitals to provide educational programs of high quality to

attract graduates of the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and other

American medical schools. New Jersey residents are also forced to seek graduate medical education in out-of-state

medical schools, such individuals rarely returning to practice their profession within

the State; and g. Financial aid to private nonprofit and public hospitals providing graduate medical

education programs would additionally provide improvement of such institutions as

high quality medical education centers and thereby serve to improve the retention

rate of physicians within the State, and attract graduate physicians to nationally

accredited graduate medical training programs, as well as to the practice of their

professions within the communities served by such institutions. 1

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey transferred to Rutgers, The State

University, pursuant to N.J.S.A. § 18A:65-94.