A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to improve the availability of third and fourth year clinical rotations for North CArolina allopathic and Osteopathic medical students and the availability of graduate medical education positions for north carolina allopathic and osteopathic medical school graduates.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Beginning with the Fall Semester 2015, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine shall provide a minimum of twenty-five (25%) of the total clerkships available at UNC Hospitals to third-year and fourth-year medical students attending other accredited and provisionally accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools in North Carolina. Students desiring to do core and elective clinical rotations required in the third year and fourth year of medical school at UNC Hospitals shall be required to complete the visiting student application process and meet all the qualifications for visiting students, including any specific requirements for the particular rotation for which the student applied.
SECTION 2.  Article 1 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 116‑36.7.  Agreements involving medical student rotations and clerkships and medical residencies.
The University of North Carolina System and their affiliate medical schools shall not restrict, interfere with, or otherwise limit access to any medical student clerkships, rotations, or graduate medical education positions at hospitals, North Carolina Area Health Education Centers, or medical practice locations by students enrolled at any other accredited and provisionally accredited North Carolina school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to contracts and agreements entered into, renewed, or amended on or after that date.