§ 2807-m. Distribution of the professional education pools. 1.\nDefinitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions\nshall apply, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:\n (a) "Clinical research" means patient-oriented research, epidemiologic\nand behavioral studies, or outcomes research and health services\nresearch that is approved by an institutional review board by the time\nthe clinical research position is filled.\n (b) "Clinical research plan" means a plan submitted by a consortium or\nteaching general hospital for a clinical research position which\ndemonstrates, in a form to be provided by the commissioner, the\nfollowing:\n (i) financial support for overhead, supervision, equipment and other\nresources equal to the amount of funding provided pursuant to\nsubparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision five-a of this section\nby the teaching general hospital or consortium for the clinical research\nposition;\n (ii) experience the sponsor-mentor and teaching general hospital has\nin clinical research and the medical field of the study;\n (iii) methods, data collection and anticipated measurable outcomes of\nthe clinical research to be performed;\n (iv) training goals, objectives and experience the researcher will be\nprovided to assess a future career in clinical research;\n (v) scientific relevance, merit and health implications of the\nresearch to be performed;\n (vi) information on potential scientific meetings and peer review\njournals where research results can be disseminated;\n (vii) clear and comprehensive details on the clinical research\nposition;\n (viii) qualifications necessary for the clinical research position and\nstrategy for recruitment;\n (ix) non-duplication with other clinical research positions from the\nsame teaching general hospital or consortium;\n (x) methods to track the career of the clinical researcher once the\nterm of the position is complete; and\n (xi) any other information required by the commissioner to implement\nsubparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision five-a of this section.\n (xii) The clinical review plan submitted in accordance with this\nparagraph may be reviewed by the commissioner in consultation with\nexperts outside the department of health.\n (c) "Clinical research position" means a post-graduate residency\nposition which:\n (i) shall not be required in order for the researcher to complete a\ngraduate medical education program;\n (ii) may be reimbursed by other sources but only for costs in excess\nof the funding distributed in accordance with subparagraph (i) of\nparagraph (b) of subdivision five-a of this section;\n (iii) shall exceed the minimum standards that are required by the\nresidency review committee in the specialty the researcher has trained\nor is currently training;\n (iv) shall not be previously funded by the teaching general hospital\nor supported by another funding source at the teaching general hospital\nin the past three years from the date the clinical research plan is\nsubmitted to the commissioner;\n (v) may supplement an existing research project;\n (vi) shall be equivalent to a full-time position comprising of no less\nthan thirty-five hours per week for one or two years;\n (vii) shall provide, or be filled by a researcher who has formalized\ninstruction in clinical research, including biostatistics, clinical\ntrial design, grant writing and research ethics;\n (viii) shall be supervised by a sponsor-mentor who shall either (A) be\nemployed, contracted for employment or paid through an affiliated\nfaculty practice plan by a teaching general hospital which has received\nat least one research grant from the National Institutes of Health in\nthe past five years from the date the clinical research plan is\nsubmitted to the commissioner; (B) maintain a faculty appointment at a\nmedical, dental or podiatric school located in New York state that has\nreceived at least one research grant from the Nation
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