1. The state board of higher education is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements, both interstate and intrastate, to provide medical education opportunities. These contracts and agreements must be made within the limits of available legislative appropriation and may be for such periods of time as the state board of higher education deems necessary.
2. It is the intent of the legislative assembly that the state of North Dakota, through its state board of higher education, provide for a comprehensive program of medical education leading to a doctor of medicine degree.