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 1          5M.1.  (MUSC: Family Practice Residency System)  Statewide family practice residency system funds appropriated for faculty salaries,
 2     teaching services, and consultant fees may only be expended when the above activities are accomplished for educational purposes in the
 3     family practice centers.  Authorization is hereby granted to the Medical University of South Carolina to expend such funds in hospital-
 4     based clinical settings apart from the consortium hospital, when such settings are determined by the President of the Medical University of
 5     South Carolina with approval of the Board of the Medical University to provide appropriate educational experience and opportunities to
 6     the family practice residents and these funds shall not be transferred to any other program.
 7          5M.2.  (MUSC: Ombudsman Program)  From the funds appropriated in this section, the Medical University of South Carolina shall
 8     provide the space needed for the Ombudsman Program of the Office of the Governor and shall provide pertinent written statements,
 9     documents, exhibits and other items, as well as any other assistance, that is deemed necessary for the performance of the program's
10     mandates.
11          5M.3.  (MUSC: AHEC Residency Programs Formula Funding)  South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium (S.C. AHEC) shall
12     be awarded funding for the Statewide Family Practice Residency System, and the Graduate Doctor Education Program, and the Area
13     Health Education Center Program based on the appropriate formula, as approved by the S.C. AHEC and the Commission on Higher
14     Education, and the level of funding shall be the same percentage as funding methodology shall be applied in a manner consistent with
15     that of the other State Institutions of Higher Education.
16          5M.4.  (MUSC: AHEC Residency Programs Funds)  Funds allocated for the residency programs (Statewide Family Practice and
17     Graduate Doctor Education) shall be used for those programs only.  Funds allocated for the Area Health Education Center program shall be
18     used for that program only.
19          5M.5.  (MUSC: AHEC Rural Physician Recruitment Program)  The funds appropriated to The Medical University of South Carolina
20     for the "rural physician program" shall be administered by the SC AHEC Physician recruitment office.  The Medical University of South
21     Carolina shall be responsible for the fiscal management of funds to ensure that state policies and guidelines are adhered to.  A legislatively
22     appointed Board is hereby created to manage and allocate these funds in the best interests of the citizens of South Carolina.  The Board will
23     be composed of the following:  The Executive Director, or his designee, of the SC Primary Care Association; the Dean, or his designee, of
24     the USC School of Medicine; the Executive Director, or his designee, of the S.C. Medical Association; two representatives from rural
25     health care settings, one to be appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Medical Affairs Committee and one to be appointed by the
26     Chairman of the House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee; the Commissioner, or his designee, of the Department
27     of Health and Environmental Control; the Executive Director, or his designee, of the S.C. Hospital Association;  the Commissioner, or his
28     designee, of the Commission on Higher Education; and the Director, or his designee, of the Department of Health and Human Services.
29     The Chairman, with the concurrence of the Board, shall appoint 3 at-large members with 2 representing nursing and 1 representing allied
30     health services in South Carolina.
31          5M.6.  (MUSC: Diabetes Center of Excellence)  Of the funds appropriated to the Medical University of South Carolina, $396,000 shall
32     be used for a Diabetes Center of Excellence.
33          5M.7.  (MUSC: Realign Appropriations)  In consultation with the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means
34     Committee, the Medical University of South Carolina  is authorized to realign its Fiscal Year 1997-98 1998-99 appropriations into a



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 1     revised structure to reflect actual program operations.
 2