The Florida Senate

395.806  Designation of family practice teaching hospitals.--

(1)

(a)  A hospital that offers a family practice residency program of at least 18 positions for resident family practice physicians is eligible for designation as a family practice teaching hospital.

(b)  A hospital seeking designation as a family practice teaching hospital must submit documentation and an application to the Agency for Health Care Administration in the manner the agency determines.

(c)  To maintain the designation as a family practice teaching hospital, a hospital must offer a residency program of at least 24 positions for resident family practice physicians within 5 years after the initial designation. The agency shall terminate the designation of a hospital that does not meet the requirements of this paragraph.

(2)

(a)  A family practice teaching hospital must fill at least 90 percent of its positions for resident family practice physicians.

(b)  A family practice teaching hospital that has residency programs other than family practice must maintain at least 60 percent of its total residents in family practice.

(3)  The agency shall create a separate review category for family practice teaching hospitals for the purpose of review by the Health Care Board.

History.--s. 3, ch. 94-182; s. 34, ch. 95-146.