N.Y. Education Law § 238-a: Statewide resource centers for geriatric education

§ 238-a. Statewide resource centers for geriatric education. 1. There

is hereby established in the state university of New York, under the

jurisdiction of its board of trustees, a statewide resource center for

geriatric education as established by chapter seven hundred

seventy-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-one, and the acts

supplemental thereto.

2. The state university board of trustees is hereby authorized within

annual appropriations made for this purpose to designate the SUNY Health

Science Center at Syracuse and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York

city to implement the provisions of this section.

3. The statewide resource centers for geriatric education shall be

charged with developing a clearinghouse based on information gathered on

educational programs in existence throughout the state and nation. The

centers shall make available information on model curricula, textbooks,

resource materials, medical residencies, internships, clinical

rotations, conferences, continuing education programs, funding for

research and training and other information that may be useful in

improving geriatric training in medical schools within the state. They

may also provide such services to allied professions.

4. The centers shall periodically disseminate information of interest

to each of the medical schools and allied professions within the state.

The centers shall also be available to assist the medical schools and

allied professions within the state with individual requests for

improving their programs in geriatric education. Efforts should be made

to utilize an interdisciplinary approach in disseminating the centers'

information.

5. The board of trustees shall submit a report annually to the

governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the

director of the state office for the aging and the commissioner of

health.