A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the president of the university of north carolina and the president of the north carolina community college System to undertake certain studies targeted to increase geriatric care providers, as recommended by the North Carolina study commission on aging.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The President of The University of North Carolina and the President of the North Carolina Community College System shall study ways to increase the capacity of their institutions to produce geriatricians, geriatric social workers, geriatric pharmacists, geriatric allied health workers, and graduates specialized in geriatric nursing and geriatric dentistry; and study how to improve the Nursing Scholars Program and the Nurse Educational Scholarship Loan Program to increase the number of graduates specializing in geriatric care. The President of The University of North Carolina and the President of the North Carolina Community College System shall report their findings to the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging on or before January 6, 2006.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.