MCL - Section 333.2711

PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978


333.2711 Recruitment for programs created in MCL 333.2705 and 333.2707; designated physician specialty areas; preference; "qualified" defined.

Sec. 2711.

    (1) For the programs created in sections 2705 and 2707, the department shall only recruit physicians who are qualified or students who are training to become qualified in 1 or more of the following designated physician specialty areas:
    (a) General practice.
    (b) Family practice.
    (c) Obstetrics.
    (d) Pediatrics.
    (e) Emergency medicine.
    (f) Internal medicine.
    (g) Preventive medicine.
    (h) Psychiatry or behavioral sciences.
    (i) Geriatrics.
    (2) When enrolling individuals to participate in the programs created in sections 2705 and 2707, the department may give preference to an individual who is qualified or studying in 1 or more of the specific designated physician specialty areas of general practice, family practice, obstetrics, pediatrics, or internal medicine over an individual who is qualified or studying in another designated physician specialty area described in subsection (1).
    (3) As used in this section, "qualified" means board certified or eligible for board certification.
    
    


History: Add. 1990, Act 16, Eff. Oct. 1, 1990 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 172, Imd. Eff. June 17, 2014 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 38, Imd. Eff. Mar. 23, 2022
Popular Name: Act 368