Section 25.5-1-601 - Legislative declaration(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Physicians engaged in family medicine are in critically short supply in this state;(b) Because of the distribution of such physicians, many rural and urban areas of the state are underserved;(c) A significant portion of the state population is medically underserved because of indigency;(d) Family physicians provide health care to all segments of the population;(e) The provision of more competent family physicians is a public purpose of great importance; and(f) The creation of the commission on family medicine is a desirable, necessary, and cost-effective means of addressing the needs described in this subsection (1).[Formerly § 25-1-901] Added by 2017 Ch. 7,§ 1, eff. 8/9/2017.Amended by 2013 Ch. 316,§ 70, eff. 8/7/2013.L. 2017: Entire part added, (HB 17-1024), ch. 7, p. 19, § 1, effective August 9.This section is similar to former § 25-1-901 as it existed prior to 2017.