Section 10.173 - 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 types of emergency and trauma education partnerships are eligible to receive a grant under this program: (1) A Graduate Nursing Education Program Partnership that: (A) Consists of one or more hospitals and one or more graduate nursing programs in this state; and(B) Prepares students to complete a graduate professional nursing program with a specialty focus or post-master's certificate in emergency and trauma care; or(2) A Graduate Medical Education Program Partnership that: (A) Consists of one or more hospitals and one or more graduate medical education programs in this state; and(B) Prepares the physician to earn a board certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the Bureau of Osteopathic Specialties.(c) Each Emergency and Trauma Care Education Partnership shall: (1) Meet the requirement to increase the number of additional students in each program as follows: (A) Nursing - Certify an increase of a sufficient number of additional graduate nursing students in the participating graduate education programs, and enroll in the education program additional students as determined by the total number of students enrolled through the grant period minus the number of enrolled students at the time of application.(B) Graduate Medical Education (GME) - Certify an increase of a sufficient number of additional residents/fellows in the participating graduate medical education program, and intend to increase or, at a minimum, maintain previously funded increases. (2) Use existing facilities and expertise of the hospitals and graduate education programs participating in the partnership.(3) Meet any other eligibility criteria set forth in the RFA.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 10.173
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 45, November 8, 2024, TexReg 8886, eff. 11/14/2024