shared schedule residencies

shared schedule residencies Sec. 207. Part A of title VII is amended by adding after section 708 (added by section 206) the following new section: “shared schedule residency training positions “Sec. 709. (a) Any entity which— “(1) maintains a medical residency training program in family practice, general internal medicine, generaL pediatrics, or general obstetrics and gynecology, and “(2) receives any Federal assistance, shall establish or restructure and maintain, to the maximum extent feasible, a reasonable number of physician training positions in such program as shared schedule positions. “(b) The Secretary shall report to Congress not later than January 1, 1979, on entities’ compliance with subsection (a) and shall include in such report recommendations for legislation to ensure compliance with such subsection. “(c) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘shared schedule position’ means a physician training position in a medical residency training program which is shared by two individuals and in winch each individual— “(1) engages in at least two-thirds but not more than three-fourths of the total training prescribed for such position, “(2) receives for each year in such position an amount of credit for certification in the medical specialty for which the position provides training which is equal to the amount of training engaged in in such year, “(3) receives at least one-half of the salary for such position, and “(4) receives all applicable employee benefits.”.