{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-4-711","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 26B-4-711","heading":"Residency grant program.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"D.O. program\" means an osteopathic medical program that prepares a graduate to obtain licensure as a doctor of osteopathic medicine upon completing a state's licensing requirements.\n(b) \"M.D. program\" means a medical education program that prepares a graduate to obtain licensure as a doctor of medicine upon completing a state's licensing requirements.\n(c) \"Residency program\" means a program that provides training for graduates of a D.O. program or an M.D. program.\n(2) UMEC shall develop a grant program where a sponsoring institution in Utah may apply for a grant to establish a new residency program or expand a current residency program.\n(3) An applicant for a grant shall:\n(a) provide the proposed specialty area for each grant funded residency position;\n(b) identify where the grant funded residency position will provide care;\n(c)\n(i) provide proof that the residency program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; or\n(ii) identify what actions need to occur for the proposed residency program to become accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education;\n(d) identify how a grant funded residency position will be funded once the residency program exhausts the grant money;\n(e) agree to implement selection processes for a residency position that treat applicants from D.O. programs and applicants from M.D. programs equally;\n(f) agree to provide information identified by UMEC that relates to post-residency employment outcomes for individuals who work in grant funded residency positions; and\n(g) provide any other information related to the grant application UMEC deems necessary.\n(4) UMEC shall prioritize awarding grants to new or existing residency programs that will:\n(a) address a workforce shortage, occurring in Utah, for a specialty; or\n(b) serve an underserved population, including a rural population.\n(5)\n(a) An applicant that receives a grant under this section may apply, every two years, to renew the grant for two years.\n(b) An applicant to renew a grant under Subsection (5)(a) shall provide a statement that:\n(i) the applicant applied for federal funding and was not awarded federal funding in an amount that fully funds each grant funded residency position; or\n(ii) the funding the applicant described in Subsection (3)(d) is unavailable to the applicant.\n(6) Each November 1 until November 2026 and then every three years thereafter, the Health Workforce Advisory Council, in consultation with UMEC, shall provide a written report to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee and the Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee describing:\n(a) which sponsoring institutions received a grant;\n(b) the number of residency positions created; and\n(c) for each residency position created:\n(i) the type of specialty;\n(ii) where the residency position provides care; and\n(iii) an estimated date of when a grant funded residency position will no longer need grant funding.","path":["Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code","Chapter 26B-4 Health Care - Delivery and Access","Part 26B-4-7 Health Care Workforce"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title26B/Chapter4/26B-4-S711.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"e0f15f00f87ff9431c9210bbf9a5b7f56d42722346df2422d750e98405120517","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-4-709","next":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-4-712"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}