The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

1. (1) Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
2. (2) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education.
3. (3) First-Year Residency Position--A position filled by a physician that is entering into residency training for the first time.

4. (4) Graduate Medical Education Program (also referred to as residency training)--

   1. (A) a nationally-accredited post-doctor of medicine (M.D.) or post-doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) program that prepares physicians for the independent practice of medicine in a specific specialty area; or
   2. (B) a nationally-accredited post-doctor of podiatric medicine (D.P.M.) program that prepares podiatrists for independent practice in the specialty area of podiatry.
5. (5) Graduate-Year Level--A resident's current year of accredited graduate medical education. Graduate-Year Level is also referred to as "postgraduate year" or "PGY."
6. (6) Medical School--A public or independent medical institution that awards the doctor of medicine (M.D.) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) degree, as defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(5) or §61.501(1).
7. (7) Request for Applications--The full text of the administrative regulations, budget guidelines, reporting requirements, and other standards of accountability for this program.
8. (8) Sponsoring Institution--The organization or entity that assumes the ultimate financial and/or academic responsibility for a program of graduate medical education, e.g., a university, a medical school, a hospital, a school of public health, a health department, a public health agency, an organized health care delivery system, a medical examiner's office, a consortium, an educational foundation.
9. (9) Unfilled Position--A first-year residency position that is approved by the accreditor for the graduate medical education program and that was not filled as of July 1, 2013.

Source Note:The provisions of this §6.122 adopted to be effective November 24, 2013, 38 TexReg 8431; amended to be effective May 19, 2022, 47 TexReg 2858.