68-1-1606. Health careers manual Youth recruitment programs.
(a) In order to effectuate the provisions of § 68-1-1604(1), the AHEC programs of Meharry Medical College, East Tennessee State University, and the University of Tennessee, Memphis, with funding from this part, shall collaboratively develop a health careers manual targeted at the youth of Tennessee. The health careers manual shall be updated biennially.
(b) The AHEC programs of Meharry Medical College, East Tennessee State University, and the University of Tennessee, Memphis, shall also develop and implement programs designed to interest the youth of Tennessee in entering primary health care professions. These programs may include, but shall not be limited to, health fairs, mentoring programs, field experiences, and enrichment activities.
[Acts 1998, ch. 928, § 7.]