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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.71 | Physician Loan Repayment Program Definitions.

Effective:
December 19, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly
As used in sections 3702.71 to 3702.79 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Full-time practice" means working a minimum of forty hours per week for a minimum of forty-five weeks each service year.
(B) "Part-time practice" means working a minimum of twenty and a maximum of thirty-nine hours per week for a minimum of forty-five weeks per service year.
(C) "Primary care physician" means an individual who is authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery and is board certified or board eligible in a primary care specialty.
(D) "Primary care service" means professional comprehensive personal health services, which may include health education and disease prevention, treatment of uncomplicated health problems, diagnosis of chronic health problems, overall management of health care services for an individual or a family, and the services of a psychiatrist. "Primary care service" also includes providing the initial contact for health care services, making referrals for secondary and tertiary care and for continuity of health care services, and teaching activities to the extent specified in a contract entered into pursuant to section 3702.74 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Primary care specialty" means general internal medicine, pediatrics, adolescent medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, combined internal medicine and pediatrics, geriatrics, or family practice.
(F) "Teaching activities" means providing clinical education to students and residents regarding the primary care physician's normal course of practice and expertise at the service site specified in the contract described in section 3702.74 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.72 | Applying for Participation in Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) A primary care physician who will not have an outstanding obligation for medical service to the federal government, a state, or other entity at the time of participation in the physician loan repayment program and meets one of the following requirements may apply for participation in the physician loan repayment program:
(1) The primary care physician is enrolled in the final year of an accredited program required for board certification in a primary care specialty.
(2) The primary care physician is enrolled in the final year of a fellowship program in a primary care specialty.
(3) The primary care physician holds a valid license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery issued under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code.
(B) An application for participation in the physician loan repayment program shall be submitted to the director of health on a form that the director shall prescribe. The information required to be submitted with an application includes the following:
(1) The applicant's name, permanent address or address at which the applicant is currently residing if different from the permanent address, and telephone number;
(2) The applicant's primary care specialty or specialties;
(3) The medical school or osteopathic medical school the applicant attended, the dates of attendance, and verification of attendance;
(4) The facility or institution where the applicant's medical residency program was completed or is being performed, and, if completed, the date of completion;
(5) If applicable, the facility or institution where the applicant's fellowship was completed or is being performed, and, if completed, the date of completion;
(6) A summary and verification of the educational expenses for which the applicant seeks reimbursement under the program;
(7) Verification of the applicant's authorization under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery;
(8) Verification of the applicant's United States citizenship or status as a legal alien.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.73 | Approving Application.

Effective:
June 24, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly
If funds are available in the physician loan repayment fund created under section 3702.78 of the Revised Code and the general assembly has appropriated funds for the physician loan repayment program, the director of health shall approve an applicant for participation in the program if the director finds that, in accordance with the priorities established under section 3702.77 of the Revised Code, the applicant is eligible for participation in the program and the applicant's primary care specialty is needed in a health resource shortage area.
Upon approval, the director shall notify and enter into discussions with the applicant. The object of the discussions is to facilitate the recruitment of the applicant to a site within a health resource shortage area at which, according to the priorities established under section 3702.77 of the Revised Code, the applicant's primary care specialty is most needed.
If the director and applicant agree on the applicant's placement at a particular site within a health resource shortage area, the applicant shall prepare, sign, and deliver to the director a letter of intent agreeing to that placement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.74 | Contract for Participation.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) A primary care physician who has signed a letter of intent under section 3702.73 of the Revised Code and the director of health may enter into a contract for the physician's participation in the physician loan repayment program. The physician's employer or other funding source may also be a party to the contract.
(B) The contract shall include all of the following obligations:
(1) The primary care physician agrees to provide primary care services in the health resource shortage area identified in the letter of intent for the number of hours and duration specified in the contract;
(2) When providing primary care services in the health resource shortage area, the primary care physician agrees to do all of the following:
(a) Provide primary care services in an outpatient or ambulatory setting approved by the department of health;
(b) Provide primary care services without regard to a patient's ability to pay;
(c) Meet the requirements for a medicaid provider agreement and enter into the agreement with the department of medicaid to provide primary care services to medicaid recipients.
(3) The department of health agrees, as provided in section 3702.75 of the Revised Code, to repay, so long as the primary care physician performs the service obligation agreed to under division (B)(1) of this section, all or part of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by the primary care physician for expenses described in section 3702.75 of the Revised Code;
(4) The primary care physician agrees to pay the department of health an amount established by rules adopted under section 3702.79 of the Revised Code if the physician fails to complete the service obligation agreed to under division (B)(1) of this section.
(C) The contract shall include the following terms as agreed upon by the parties:
(1) The primary care physician's required length of service in the health resource shortage area, which must be at least two years;
(2) The number of weekly hours the primary care physician will be engaged in full-time practice or part-time practice in the health resource shortage area;
(3) The maximum amount that the department will repay on behalf of the primary care physician;
(4) The extent to which the primary care physician's teaching activities will be counted toward the physician's full-time practice or part-time practice hours under the contract.
(D) If the amount specified in division (C)(3) of this section includes federal funds, the amount of state funds repaid on the individual's behalf shall be the same as the amount of those federal funds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.75 | Physician Loan Repayment Program.

Effective:
September 15, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly
There is hereby created the physician loan repayment program. Under the program, the department of health, by means of a contract provision under division (B)(3) of section 3702.74 of the Revised Code, may agree to repay all or part of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by a primary care physician for the following expenses, so long as the expenses were incurred while the physician was enrolled in, for up to a maximum of four years, a medical school or osteopathic medical school in the United States that was, during the time enrolled, accredited by the liaison committee on medical education or the American osteopathic association, or a medical school or osteopathic medical school located outside the United States that was, during the time enrolled, acknowledged by the world health organization and verified by a member state of that organization as operating within the state's jurisdiction:
(A) Tuition;
(B) Other educational expenses, such as fees, books, and laboratory expenses, for specific purposes and in amounts determined to be reasonable by the director of health;
(C) Room and board, in an amount determined reasonable by the director of health.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.76 | Health Resource Shortage Areas.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 320 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The director of health shall designate, as health resource shortage areas, areas in this state that experience special health problems and physician practice patterns that limit access to medical care. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the designations shall be made by rule. The designations may apply to a geographic area, one or more facilities within a particular area, or a population group within a particular area. The director shall consider for designation as a health resource shortage area, any area in this state that has been designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as a health manpower shortage area under Title III of the "Public Health Service Act," 58 Stat. 682 (1944), 42 U.S.C.A. 201, as amended.
(B) As used in this division, "free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code.
The director shall designate each free clinic as a health resource shortage area, regardless of whether the clinic is located in a geographic area that is designated as a health resource shortage area.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.77 | Establishing Priorities Among Health Resource Shortage Areas for Use in Recruiting Primary Care Physicians.

Effective:
November 24, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 150 - 121st General Assembly
The director of health, by rule, shall establish priorities among health resource shortage areas for use in recruiting primary care physicians to sites within particular areas under the physician loan repayment program. In establishing priorities, the director shall consider the ratio of primary care physicians to the population in the health resource shortage area, the distance to primary care physicians outside the area, health status indicators of the target population in the area, presence of health care provider sites in the area with vacancies for primary care physicians, availability of an eligible candidate interested in being recruited to a particular site within an area, the need for a particular primary care specialty within an area, and the distribution of health care provider sites in urban and rural regions. The director shall give greatest priority to health resource shortage areas having a high ratio of population to primary care physicians.
The director, by rule, shall establish priorities for use in determining eligibility among applicants for participation in the physician loan repayment program. The priorities may include consideration of an applicant's background and career goals, the primary care specialty of the applicant, the length of time the applicant is willing to provide primary care services in a health care resource shortage area, and the amount of the educational expenses for which reimbursement is being sought through the program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.78 | Health Resource Shortage Area Fund - Physician Loan Repayment Fund - Administration.

Effective:
June 24, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly
The director of health may accept gifts of money from any source for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.72 to 3702.77 of the Revised Code.
The director shall pay all gifts accepted under this section into the state treasury, to the credit of the health resource shortage area fund, which is hereby created, and all damages collected under division (B)(4) of section 3702.74 of the Revised Code, into the state treasury, to the credit of the physician loan repayment fund, which is hereby created.
The director shall use the health resource shortage area and the physician loan repayment funds for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.72 to 3702.77 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.79 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective:
December 19, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly
The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer sections 3702.71 to 3702.78 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.83 | J-1 Visa Waiver Program.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
The department of health shall administer a program, to be known as the J-1 visa waiver program, for recruiting physicians who received graduate medical education or training in the United States but are not citizens of the United States to serve in areas of the state designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as health professional shortage areas under the "Public Health Service Act," 88 Stat. 682 (1944), 42 U.S.C. 254(e), as amended. Under the program, the department of health shall accept and review applications for placement of persons seeking to remain in the United States pursuant to the "Immigration and Nationality Act," 66 Stat. 163 (1952), 8 U.S.C. 1182(J)(1) and 1184(l), as amended, by obtaining a waiver of the federal requirement that they return to their home countries for a minimum of two years after completing the graduate medical education or training for which they were admitted to the United States. The department shall administer the program in accordance with the "Immigration and Nationality Act" and the regulations adopted under it.
For each application accepted for review under this section, the department shall charge a fee of three thousand five hundred seventy-one dollars. The fee is nonrefundable. All fees collected shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.85 | Dentist Loan Repayment Program.

Effective:
June 24, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly
There is hereby created the dentist loan repayment program, which shall be administered by the department of health in cooperation with the dentist loan repayment advisory board. The program shall provide loan repayment on behalf of individuals who agree to provide dental services in areas designated as dental health resource shortage areas by the director of health pursuant to section 3702.87 of the Revised Code.
Under the program, the department of health, by means of a contract entered into under section 3702.91 of the Revised Code, may agree to repay all or part of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by an individual for the following expenses incurred while the individual was enrolled in an accredited dental college or a dental college located outside of the United States that meets the standards of section 4715.11 of the Revised Code:
(A) Tuition;
(B) Other educational expenses, such as fees, books, and laboratory expenses that are for purposes and in amounts determined reasonable by the director of health;
(C) Room and board, in an amount determined reasonable by the director of health.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.86 | Administrative Rules.

Effective:
June 24, 2008
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly
The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer sections 3702.85 to 3702.95 of the Revised Code. In preparing rules, the director shall consult with the dentist loan repayment advisory board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.87 | Dental Health Resource Shortage Areas.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The director of health shall designate, as dental health resource shortage areas, areas in this state that experience special dental health problems and dentist practice patterns that limit access to dental care. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the designations shall be made by rule. The designations may apply to a geographic area, one or more facilities within a particular area, or a population group within a particular area. The director shall consider for designation as a dental health resource shortage area, any area in this state that has been designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as a health professional shortage area under Title III of the "Public Health Service Act," 58 Stat. 682 (1944), 42 U.S.C. 201, as amended.
(B)(1) As used in this division:
(a) "Free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code.
(b) "Developmental disability" has the same meaning as in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) The director shall designate both of the following as dental health resource shortage areas, regardless of whether the clinic or practice is located in a geographic area that is designated as a dental health resource shortage area:
(a) Free clinics;
(b) Clinics or dental practices that serve a high proportion of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 2:07 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.88 | Priorities Among Dental Health Resource Shortage Areas.

Effective:
October 29, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 51 - 125th General Assembly
The director of health, by rule, shall establish priorities among dental health resource shortage areas for use in recruiting dentists to sites within particular areas under the dentist loan repayment program. In establishing priorities, the director shall consider the ratio of dentists to the population in the dental health resource shortage area, the distance to dentists outside the area, dental health status indicators of the target population in the area, presence of dental health care provider sites in the area with vacancies for dentists, availability of an eligible candidate interested in being recruited to a particular site within an area, and the distribution of dental health care provider sites in urban and rural regions. The director shall give greatest priority to dental health resource shortage areas having a high ratio of population to dentists.
The director, by rule, shall establish priorities for use in determining eligibility among applicants for participation in the dentist loan repayment program. The priorities may include consideration of an applicant's background and career goals, the length of time the applicant is willing to provide dental services in a dental health care resource shortage area, and the amount of the educational expenses for which reimbursement is being sought through the program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.89 | Application for Participation in the Dentist Loan Repayment Program.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) An individual who will not have an outstanding obligation for dental service to the federal government, a state, or other entity at the time of participation in the dentist loan repayment program and meets one of the following requirements may apply for participation in the dentist loan repayment program:
(1) The applicant is a dental student enrolled in the final year of dental college.
(2) The applicant is a dental resident in the final year of residency.
(3) The applicant holds a valid license to practice dentistry issued under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code.
(B) An application for participation in the dentist loan repayment program shall be submitted to the director of health on a form the director shall prescribe. The following information shall be included or supplied:
(1) The applicant's name, permanent address or address at which the applicant is currently residing if different from the permanent address, and telephone number;
(2) The dental college the applicant attended or is attending, dates of attendance, and verification of attendance;
(3) If the applicant has completed a dental residency program or is a dental resident, the facility or institution where the dental residency was completed or is being performed, and, if completed, the date of completion;
(4) A summary and verification of the educational expenses for which the applicant seeks reimbursement under the program;
(5) If the applicant is a dentist, verification of the applicant's license issued under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code to practice dentistry and proof of good standing;
(6) Verification of the applicant's United States citizenship or status as a legal alien.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.90 | Application Approval Process.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
If funds are available in the dentist loan repayment fund created under section 3702.95 of the Revised Code and the general assembly has appropriated the funds for the program, the director of health shall approve an applicant for participation in the program on finding in accordance with the priorities established under section 3702.88 of the Revised Code that the applicant is eligible for participation and is needed in a dental health resource shortage area.
On approving an application, the director shall notify and enter into discussions with the applicant. The object of the discussions is to facilitate recruitment of the applicant to a site within a dental health resource shortage area at which, according to the priorities established under section 3702.88 of the Revised Code, the applicant is needed.
If the director and applicant agree on the applicant's placement at a particular site within a dental health resource shortage area, the applicant shall sign and deliver to the director a letter of intent agreeing to that placement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.91 | Letter of Intent - Contract.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Full-time practice" and "part-time practice" have the same meanings as in section 3702.71 of the Revised Code;
(2) "Teaching activities" means providing clinical education to dental students and residents and dental health profession students at the service site specified in the contract described in division (B) of this section.
(B) An individual who has signed a letter of intent may enter into a contract with the director of health for participation in the dentist loan repayment program. The dentist's employer or other funding source may also be a party to the contract.
(C) The contract shall include all of the following obligations:
(1) The individual agrees to provide dental services in the dental health resource shortage area identified in the letter of intent for the number of hours and duration specified in the contract.
(2) When providing dental services in the dental health resource shortage area, the individual agrees to do all of the following:
(a) Provide dental services in a service site approved by the department of health;
(b) Provide dental services without regard to a patient's ability to pay;
(c) Meet the requirements for a medicaid provider agreement and enter into the agreement with the department of medicaid to provide dental services to medicaid recipients.
(3) The department of health agrees, as provided in section 3702.85 of the Revised Code, to repay, so long as the individual performs the service obligation agreed to under division (C)(1) of this section, all or part of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by the individual for expenses described in section 3702.85 of the Revised Code.
(4) The individual agrees to pay the department of health an amount established by rules adopted under section 3702.86 of the Revised Code, if the individual fails to complete the service obligation agreed to under division (C)(1) of this section.
(D) The contract shall include the following terms as agreed upon by the parties:
(1) The individual's required length of service in the dental health resource shortage area, which must be at least two years;
(2) The number of weekly hours the individual will be engaged in full-time practice or part-time practice;
(3) The maximum amount that the department will repay on behalf of the individual;
(4) The extent to which the individual's teaching activities will be counted toward the individual's full-time practice or part-time practice hours under the contract.
(E) If the amount specified in division (D)(3) of this section includes federal funds, the amount of state funds repaid on the individual's behalf shall be the same as the amount of those federal funds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.92 | Dentist Loan Repayment Advisory Board.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
There is hereby created the dentist loan repayment advisory board. The board shall consist of the following members:
(A) A representative of the department of higher education designated by the chancellor;
(B) The director of health or an employee of the department of health designated by the director;
(C) Four representatives of the dental profession, appointed by the governor from persons nominated by the Ohio dental association.
Terms of office of the members appointed under division (C) of this section shall be two years, with each term commencing on the twenty-eighth day of February and ending on the twenty-seventh day of February of the second year after appointment. The governor shall make each of the governor's appointments not later than the twenty-seventh day of February of the year in which the term of the member being appointed is to commence. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. No person shall be appointed to the board for more than two consecutive terms.
Vacancies shall be filled in the manner prescribed for the original appointment. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration of the member's term until a successor takes office or until sixty days have elapsed, whichever occurs first.
The governor may remove a member for whom the governor was the appointing authority, for misfeasance, malfeasance, or willful neglect of duty.
The board shall designate a member to serve as chairperson of the board.
The board shall meet at least once annually. The chairperson shall call special meetings as needed or upon the request of four members.
A majority members of the board constitute a quorum to transact and vote on all business coming before the board.
Members of the board shall serve without compensation.
The department of health shall provide the board with staff assistance as requested by the board.
Last updated September 20, 2023 at 3:56 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.94 | Annual Report to General Assembly.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The dentist loan repayment advisory board, annually on or before the first day of March, shall submit a report to the governor and general assembly describing the operations of the dentist loan repayment program during the previous calendar year. The report shall include information about all of the following:
(A) The number of requests received by the director of health that a particular area be designated as a dental health resource shortage area;
(B) The areas that have been designated as dental health resource shortage areas and the priorities that have been assigned to them;
(C) The number of applicants for participation in the dentist loan repayment program;
(D) The number of dentists assigned to dental health resource shortage areas and the payments made on behalf of those dentists under the dentist loan repayment program;
(E) The dental health resource shortage areas that have not been matched with all of the dentists they need;
(F) The number of dentists failing to complete their service obligations, the amount of damages owed, and the amount of damages collected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.95 | Gifts for Implementation and Administration of Program.

Effective:
September 15, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly
The director of health may accept gifts of money from any source for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.85 to 3702.92 of the Revised Code.
The director shall pay all gifts accepted under this section into the state treasury, to the credit of the dental health resource shortage area fund, which is hereby created, and all damages collected under division (C)(4) of section 3702.91 of the Revised Code, into the state treasury, to the credit of the dentist loan repayment fund, which is hereby created.
The director shall use the dental health resource shortage area and dentist loan repayment funds for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.85 to 3702.95 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.96 | Dental Hygienist Loan Repayment Program.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 463 - 130th General Assembly
There is hereby created the dental hygienist loan repayment program, which shall be administered by the department of health in cooperation with the dentist loan repayment advisory board. The program shall provide loan repayment on behalf of individuals who agree to provide dental hygiene services in areas designated as dental health resource shortage areas by the director of health pursuant to section 3702.87 of the Revised Code.
Under the program, the department, by means of a contract entered into under section 3702.965 of the Revised Code, may agree to repay all or part of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by an individual for the following expenses incurred while the individual was enrolled in an accredited dental hygiene school that meets the standards described in section 4715.21 of the Revised Code:
(A) Tuition;
(B) Other educational expenses, such as fees, books, and laboratory expenses that are for purposes and in amounts determined reasonable by the director;
(C) Room and board, in an amount determined reasonable by the director.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.961 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 463 - 130th General Assembly
The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer sections 3702.96 to 3702.967 of the Revised Code. In preparing rules, the director shall consult with the dentist loan repayment advisory board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.962 | Establishment of Priorities Among Dental Health Resource Shortage Areas.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 463 - 130th General Assembly
The director of health, by rule, shall establish priorities among dental health resource shortage areas for use in recruiting dental hygienists to sites within particular areas under the dental hygienist loan repayment program. In establishing priorities, the director shall consider dental health status indicators of the target population in the area, the presence of dental health care provider sites in the area with vacancies for dental hygienists, availability of an eligible candidate interested in being recruited to a particular site within an area, and the distribution of dental health care provider sites in urban and rural regions.
The director, by rule, shall establish priorities for use in determining eligibility among applicants for participation in the dental hygienist loan repayment program. The priorities may include consideration of an applicant's background and career goals, the length of time the applicant is willing to provide dental hygiene services in a dental health care resource shortage area, and the amount of the educational expenses for which reimbursement is being sought through the program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.963 | Participation in Program.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 463 - 130th General Assembly
(A) An individual who will not have an outstanding obligation for dental hygiene service to the federal government, a state, or other entity at the time of participation in the dental hygienist loan repayment program and meets either of the following requirements may apply for participation in the dental hygienist loan repayment program:
(1) The applicant is a dental hygiene student enrolled in the final year of dental hygiene school.
(2) The applicant holds a valid license to practice dental hygiene issued under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code.
(B) An application for participation in the dental hygienist loan repayment program shall be submitted to the director of health on a form the director shall prescribe. The following information shall be included or supplied:
(1) The applicant's name, permanent address or address at which the applicant is currently residing if different from the permanent address, and telephone number;
(2) The dental hygiene school the applicant attended or is attending, dates of attendance, and verification of attendance;
(3) A summary and verification of the educational expenses for which the applicant seeks reimbursement under the program;
(4) If the applicant is a licensed dental hygienist, verification of the applicant's license issued under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code to practice dental hygiene and proof of good standing;
(5) Verification of the applicant's United States citizenship or status as a legal alien.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.964 | Determination of Eligibility.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 463 - 130th General Assembly
If funds are available in the dental hygienist loan repayment fund created under section 3702.967 of the Revised Code and the general assembly has appropriated the funds for the program, the director of health shall approve an applicant for participation in the program on determining in accordance with the priorities established under section 3702.962 of the Revised Code that the applicant is eligible for participation and is needed in a dental health resource shortage area. When making a determination required by this section, the director shall consult with the Ohio dental hygienists' association.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.965 | Contracts.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 463 - 130th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Full-time practice" and "part-time practice" have the same meanings as in section 3702.71 of the Revised Code;
(2) "Teaching activities" means supervising dental hygiene students at the service site specified in the contract described in division (B) of this section.
(B) An individual who has been approved for participation under section 3702.964 of the Revised Code may enter into a contract with the director of health for participation in the dental hygienist loan repayment program. The dental hygienist's employer or other funding source may also be a party to the contract.
(C) The contract shall include all of the following obligations:
(1) The individual agrees to provide dental hygiene services in the dental health resource shortage area for the number of hours and duration specified in the contract.
(2) The department of health agrees, as provided in section 3702.96 of the Revised Code, to repay, so long as the individual performs the service obligation agreed to under division (C)(1) of this section, all or part of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by the individual for expenses described in section 3702.96 of the Revised Code.
(3) The individual agrees to pay the department of health an amount established by rules adopted under section 3702.961 of the Revised Code, if the individual fails to complete the service obligation agreed to under division (C)(1) of this section.
(D) The contract shall include the following terms as agreed upon by the parties:
(1) The particular site within a dental health resource shortage area where the dental hygiene services are to be performed;
(2) The individual's required length of service in the dental health resource shortage area, which must be at least two years;
(3) The number of weekly hours the individual will be engaged in full-time practice or part-time practice;
(4) The maximum amount that the department will repay on behalf of the individual;
(5) The extent to which the individual's teaching activities will be counted toward the individual's full-time practice or part-time practice hours under the contract.
(E) Before agreeing to the amount specified in division (D)(4) of this section, the department of health shall consult with the Ohio dental hygienists' association regarding the amount. If this amount includes funds from the bureau of clinician recruitment and service in the United States department of health and human services, the amount of state funds repaid on the individual's behalf shall be the same as the amount of those funds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.966 | Annual Report.

Effective:
March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 463 - 130th General Assembly
The dentist loan repayment advisory board, annually on or before the first day of March, shall submit a report to the governor and general assembly describing the operations of the dental hygienist loan repayment program during the previous calendar year. The report shall include information about all of the following:
(A) The number of requests received by the director of health that a particular area be designated as a dental health resource shortage area;
(B) The number of applicants for participation in the dental hygienist loan repayment program;
(C) The number of dental hygienists assigned to dental health resource shortage areas and the payments made on behalf of those dental hygienists under the dental hygienist loan repayment program;
(D) The number of dental hygienists failing to complete their service obligations, the amount of damages owed, and the amount of damages collected.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.967 | Gifts.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
The director of health may accept gifts of money from any source for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.96 to 3702.965 of the Revised Code.
The director shall pay all gifts accepted under this section and all damages collected under division (C)(3) of section 3702.965 of the Revised Code into the state treasury to the credit of the dental hygienist loan repayment fund, which is hereby created.
The director shall use the dental hygienist loan repayment fund for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.96 to 3702.967 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.98 | Chiropractic Loan Repayment Program.

Effective:
November 22, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 151 - 133rd General Assembly
There is hereby created the chiropractic loan repayment program, which shall be administered by the department of health in cooperation with the chiropractic loan repayment advisory board. The program shall provide loan repayment on behalf of individuals who agree to provide chiropractic services in areas designated as chiropractic health resource shortage areas by the director of health pursuant to section 3702.982 of the Revised Code.
Under the program, the department of health, by means of a contract entered into under section 3702.986 of the Revised Code, may agree to repay all or part of the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by an individual for the following expenses incurred while the individual was enrolled in an accredited chiropractic school or college:
(A) Tuition;
(B) Other educational expenses, such as fees, books, and laboratory expenses that are for purposes and in amounts determined reasonable by the director of health;
(C) Room and board, in an amount determined reasonable by the director of health.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.981 | Chiropractic Loan Repayment Program - Rules.

Effective:
November 22, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 151 - 133rd General Assembly
The director of health, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer sections 3702.98 to 3702.9810 of the Revised Code. In preparing rules, the director shall consult with the chiropractic loan repayment advisory board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.982 | Chiropractic Health Resource Shortage Areas.

Effective:
November 22, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 151 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The director of health shall designate, as chiropractic health resource shortage areas, areas in this state that experience special chiropractic health problems and chiropractor practice patterns that limit access to chiropractic care. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the designations shall be made by rule. The designations may apply to a geographic area, one or more facilities within a particular area, or a population group within a particular area. The director shall consider for designation as a chiropractic health resource shortage area any area in this state that has been designated by the United States secretary of health and human services as a health professional shortage area under section 332 of the "Public Health Service Act," 42 U.S.C. 254e.
(B) (1) As used in division (B)(2) of this section:
(a) "Free clinic" has the same meaning as in section 3701.071 of the Revised Code.
(b) "Federally qualified health center" and "federally qualified health center look-alike" have the same meanings as in section 3701.047 of the Revised Code.
(2) The director shall designate each free clinic, federally qualified health center, and federally qualified health center look-alike as a chiropractic health resource shortage area, regardless of whether the clinic or center is located in a geographic area that is designated as a chiropractic health resource shortage area.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3702 | Health Care Facilities and Services › Section 3702.983 | Priorities Among Chiropractic Health Resource Shortage Areas.

Effective:
November 22, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 151 - 133rd General Assembly
The director of health, by rule, shall establish priorities among chiropractic health resource shortage areas for use in recruiting chiropractors to sites within particular areas under the chiropractic loan repayment program. In establishing priorities, the director shall consider the ratio of chiropractors to the population in the chiropractic health resource shortage area, the distance to chiropractors outside the area, health status indicators of the target population in the area, presence of health care provider sites in the area with vacancies for chiropractors, availability of an eligible candidate interested in being recruited to a particular site within an area, and the distribution of chiropractic health care provider sites in urban and rural regions. The director shall give greatest priority to chiropractic health resource shortage areas having a high ratio of population to chiropractors.
The director, by rule, shall establish priorities for use in determining eligibility among applicants for participation in the chiropractic loan repayment program. The priorities may include consideration of an applicant's background and career goals, the length of time the applicant is willing to provide chiropractic services in a chiropractic health resource shortage area, and the amount of the educational expenses for which reimbursement is being sought through the program.