Section 26B-4-316 - Rural health development initiatives(1)(a) University of Utah Health shall use any appropriations it receives for developing area health education centers to establish and maintain an area health education center program in accordance with this section.(b) Implementation and execution of the area health education center program is contingent upon appropriations from the Legislature.(2)(a) The area health education center program shall consist of a central program office at University of Utah Health. The program office shall establish and operate a statewide, decentralized, regional program with emphasis on addressing rural health professions workforce education and training needs.(b) The area health education center program shall have three regional centers serving the following geographic areas: (i) the northern center serving Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Rich, Weber, and Morgan counties;(ii) the crossroads center serving Salt Lake, Wasatch, Summit, Tooele, and Utah counties; and(iii) the southern center serving Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne, Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Uintah, Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Washington counties.(3) The area health education center program shall attempt to acquire funding from state, local, federal, and private sources.(4) Each area health education center shall provide community-based health professions education programming for the geographic area described in Subsection (2)(b) of this section.Renumbered from § 26-9-3 and amended by Chapter 307, 2023 General Session ,§ 116, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 95, 2001 General Session.