(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
Physicians engaged in family medicine are in critically short supply in this state;
Because of the distribution of such physicians, many rural and urban areas of thestate are underserved;
A significant portion of the state population is medically underserved because ofindigency;
Family physicians provide health care to all segments of the population;
The provision of more competent family physicians is a public purpose of great importance; and
The creation of the commission on family medicine is a desirable, necessary, andcost-effective means of addressing the needs described in this subsection (1).
Source: L. 2017: Entire part added, (HB 17-1024), ch. 7, p. 19, § 1, effective August 9.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25-1-901 as it existed prior to 2017.