(1) There is hereby created in the department the primary care office for the purpose of assessing and addressing unmet needs concerning health care professionals, resources, and infrastructure across the state. The executive director of the department, subject to the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, shall appoint the director of the primary care office, who is the head of the office.
The primary care office and the director of the office shall exercise their powers andperform their duties and functions specified in this part 4 under the department as if the same were transferred to the department by a
type 2 transfer, as such transfer is defined in the "Administrative Organization Act of 1968", article 1 of title 24, C.R.S.
The primary care office includes the Colorado health service corps advisory councilcreated in section 25-1.5-504.
Source: L. 2013: Entire part added with relocations, (HB 13-1074), ch. 150, p. 481, § 1, effective August 7.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25-20.5-603 as it existed prior to 2013.