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15. (1) In this section, “applicant” means a physician who does not ordinarily reside in Northern Ontario or has ordinarily resided in Sudbury since the 1st day of January, 1987 but did not ordinarily reside in Sudbury before the 1st day of January, 1987 and who, (a) is the holder of a certificate from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in a specialty, or (b) is an employee of The Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation at its treatment centre in Sudbury or Thunder Bay or undertakes to be an employee at The Ontario Cancer Treatment Research Foundation at its treatment centre in Sudbury or Thunder Bay and, whether an employee or undertaking to be an employee, undertakes to seek a certificate from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in the specialty of radiation or medical oncology; (“auteur de la demande”) “developing a health resource” means, (a) the establishment of a medical practice or engaging in employment in Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, Timmins, North Bay or a locality designated by the Minister as being acceptable for the purpose of the establishment of a medical practice or engaging in employment, or being employed with The Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation at its treatment centre in Sudbury or Thunder Bay, (b) the provision of services, other than the establishment of a medical practice or engaging in employment, in localities designated by the Minister, and (c) the provision of a specialist health services program for at least twelve days, in each year that the applicant operates the medical practice or is engaged in employment, in localities designated by the Minister that are more than forty kilometres from the medical practice or employment referred to in clause (a); (“création de ressources sanitaires”) “engaging in employment” means engaging in employment with, (a) a hospital within the meaning of the Public Hospitals Act, or (b) a person who has entered into an agreement with the Minister under paragraph 4 of subsection 6 (1) of the Act, and “engaged in employment” has a corresponding meaning; (“exercice de la profession”, “exercer sa profession”) “Northern Ontario” means the districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Manitoulin, Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Rainy River, Sudbury, Timiskaming and Thunder Bay. (“nord de l’Ontario”) R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 785, s. 15 (1); O. Reg. 506/00, s. 2. (2) The Minister may provide a grant for developing a health resource to an applicant who applies in writing to the Minister and declares in the application that he or she intends to establish the health resource. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 785, s. 15 (2). (3) Subject to subsection (4), a grant payable under this section shall be in the amount of $40,000 and shall be paid over a four-year period as follows: 1. 1st year, $10,000 in quarterly instalments. 2. 2nd year, $10,000 in quarterly instalments. 3. 3rd year, $10,000 in quarterly instalments. 4. 4th year, $10,000 in quarterly instalments. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 785, s. 15 (3). (4) A grant payable under this section shall only be paid each year if the applicant continues to meet the original qualifications for the payment of the grant. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 785, s. 15 (4). (5) The quarterly instalments shall be paid to the applicant as follows: 1. $2,500 after the applicant has carried on practice or been engaged in employment for two months. 2. $2,500 after the applicant has carried on practice or been engaged in employment for three months. 3. $2,500 after the applicant has carried on practice or been engaged in employment for six months. 4. $2,500 after the applicant has carried on practice or been engaged in employment for nine months. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 785, s. 15 (5). PART VII