Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.23
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in the Oklahoma Hospital Residency Training Program Act:
1. "Eligible hospital" means a hospital which qualifies for new
residency training programs under the rules established by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or other federal entities
authorized to establish residency training programs;
2. "Residency training program" means post-medical-school
graduate training programs approved by the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services and accredited by the appropriate governing bodies
of either the osteopathic or allopathic professions in the training
disciplines of family medicine, general internal medicine, general
pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology and emergency medicine; and
3. “Medically underserved areas” means areas having too few
primary care providers, high infant mortality, high poverty, a high
elderly population, and/or a population census of at least fifty
percent (50%) Medicare, Medicaid and uninsured mix.
1. "Eligible hospital" means a hospital which qualifies for new
residency training programs under the rules established by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or other federal entities
authorized to establish residency training programs;
2. "Residency training program" means post-medical-school
graduate training programs approved by the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services and accredited by the appropriate governing bodies
of either the osteopathic or allopathic professions in the training
disciplines of family medicine, general internal medicine, general
pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology and emergency medicine; and
3. “Medically underserved areas” means areas having too few
primary care providers, high infant mortality, high poverty, a high
elderly population, and/or a population census of at least fifty
percent (50%) Medicare, Medicaid and uninsured mix.
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