SECTION 6.94. Eligibility

(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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §6.94 adopted to be effective February 28, 2012, 37 TexReg 1326