| (a) A grant under this subchapter may be spent only
on costs related to the operation or to the development and operation
of a Texas Emergency and Trauma Care Education Partnership.
(b) The following emergency and trauma education partnerships
are eligible to participate in the program and apply for support:
(1) Graduate Nursing Education Program Partnerships
that:
(A) consist of one or more Hospitals and one or more
graduate nursing programs in this state; and
(B) prepare students to complete a graduate professional
nursing program with a specialty focus or post-master's certificate
in emergency and trauma care; or
(2) Graduate Medical Education and Fellowship Programs
Partnerships, that:
(A) consist of one or more Hospitals and one or more
graduate medical education programs in this state; and
(B) prepare the physician to earn a board certification
by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the Bureau of Osteopathic
Specialties.
(c) Emergency and Trauma Care Education Partnerships
must:
(1) certify an increase of a sufficient number of additional
nursing students and/or physicians in the participating graduate education
programs; and
(2) use existing facilities and expertise of the hospitals
and graduate education programs participating in the partnership.
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