For the purposes of these rules, the following definitions
shall apply:
"Accredited medical residency training program " means a
graduate medical education program approved by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or by the American Osteopathic Association
(AOA).
"Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
"Director " means the director of the Iowa department of public
health.
"Health professional shortage areas " means federal
designations that are based on general health professional shortage area (HPSA)
designation criteria, plus additional criteria and guidelines specific to each
of the three types of designations from the Health Resources and Services
Administration Federal Office of Shortage Designations. The three types of
designations include primary care, dental and mental health.
"In excess of the federal residency cap " means a residency
position for which no federal Medicare funding is available because the
residency position is a position beyond the cap for residency positions
established by the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997,
Pub. L. No.
105-33.
"New or alternative campus accredited medical residency
training program " means a program that is accredited by a recognized entity
approved for such purpose by the ACGME or the AOA with the exception that a new
medical residency training program that, by reason of an insufficient period of
operation is not eligible for accreditation on or before the date of submission
of an application for a grant, may be deemed accredited if the ACGME or the AOA
finds, after consultation with the appropriate accreditation entity, that there
is reasonable assurance that the program will meet the accreditation standards
of the entity prior to the date of graduation of the initial class in the
program.
"Sponsor" means a hospital, school, or consortium located in
Iowa that sponsors and maintains primary organizational and financial
responsibility for a graduate medical education residency program in Iowa and
is accountable to the accrediting body.
