initial residency period
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “initial residency period” means the period of board eligibility, except that—
(i) except as provided in clause (ii), in no case shall the initial period of residency exceed an aggregate period of formal training of more than five years for any individual, and
(ii) a period, of not more than two years, during which an individual is in a geriatric residency or fellowship program or a preventive medicine residency or fellowship program which meets such criteria as the Secretary may establish, shall be treated as part of the initial residency period, but shall not be counted against any limitation on the initial residency period.
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- 2013–present42 U.S.C. § 1395WWThe Public Health and Welfare · Payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services · under this subchapter
The term "initial residency period" means the period of board eligibility, except that—
(i) except as provided in clause (ii), in no case shall the initial period of residency exceed an aggregate period of formal training of more than five years for any individual, and
(ii) a period, of not more than two years, during which an individual is in a geriatric residency or fellowship program or a preventive medicine residency or fellowship program which meets such criteria as the Secretary may establish, shall be treated as part of the initial residency period, but shall not be counted against any limitation on the initial residency period.
Subject to subparagraph (G)(v), the initial residency period shall be determined, with respect to a resident, as of the time the resident enters the residency training program.
Source
- 1999–202542 U.S.C. § 1395WWThe Public Health and Welfare · Payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services · under this subchapter
The term “initial residency period” means the period of board eligibility, except that—
(i) except as provided in clause (ii), in no case shall the initial period of residency exceed an aggregate period of formal training of more than five years for any individual, and
(ii) a period, of not more than two years, during which an individual is in a geriatric residency or fellowship program or a preventive medicine residency or fellowship program which meets such criteria as the Secretary may establish, shall be treated as part of the initial residency period, but shall not be counted against any limitation on the initial residency period.
The initial residency period shall be determined, with respect to a resident, as of the time the resident enters the residency training program.
Source
- 1994–199942 U.S.C. § 1395WWThe Public Health and Welfare · Payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services · under this subchapter