Section 6.122 - DefinitionsThe following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.(2) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education.(3) First-Year Residency Position--A position filled by a physician that is entering into residency training for the first time.(4) Graduate Medical Education Program (also referred to as residency training)-- (A) a nationally-accredited post-doctor of medicine (M.D.) or post-doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) program that prepares physicians for the independent practice of medicine in a specific specialty area; or(B) a nationally-accredited post-doctor of podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) program that prepares podiatrists for independent practice in the specialty area of podiatry.(5) Graduate-Year Level--A resident's current year of accredited graduate medical education. Graduate-Year Level is also referred to as "postgraduate year" or "PGY."(6) Medical School--A public or independent medical institution that awards the doctor of medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree, as defined in Texas Education Code, § 61.003(5) or § 61.501(1).(7) Request for Applications--The full text of the administrative regulations, budget guidelines, reporting requirements, and other standards of accountability for this program.(8) Sponsoring Institution--The organization or entity that assumes the ultimate financial and/or academic responsibility for a program of graduate medical education, e.g., a university, a medical school, a hospital, a school of public health, a health department, a public health agency, an organized health care delivery system, a medical examiner's office, a consortium, an educational foundation.(9) Unfilled Position--A first-year residency position that is approved by the accreditor for the graduate medical education program and that was not filled as of July 1, 2013.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 6.122
The provisions of this §6.122 adopted to be effective November 24, 2013, 38 TexReg 8431; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 19, May 13, 2022, TexReg 2858, eff. 5/19/2022