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Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-12 - PHYSICIANS FOR RURAL AREAS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 195-12-.04 - Award Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A. The Board staff shall notify each
			 applicant in writing of the Board's decision within ten (10) days following the
			 decision.
B. The successful
			 applicant will be asked to accept or decline the award of a loan by signing and
			 submitting an
Acceptance Form
.
C. Those applicants who accept the loan award
			 shall receive a contract for participation in the Physicians for Rural Areas
			 Assistance Program. Each recipient will be allowed 10 days in which to review
			 the contract with an attorney as to its contents if they so choose.
D. Loan awards that are rejected by the
			 applicant shall be made available to the next highest ranking applicant based
			 on the discussion and action taken by the Board.
E. The Board staff shall arrange for all
			 valid and approved contracts to be executed by the Executive Director and Board
			 Chairman. Such documents shall be notarized and the official seal affixed.
F. One of two fully executed
			 copies of each loan contract shall be returned to the applicant and one kept in
			 the permanent records of the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
G. Funds shall be paid directly to the
			 financial institution holding the recipient's student loan debt unless payment
			 arrangements are otherwise directed in writing by the Board.
H. The Board staff shall submit a check
			 request to the Georgia Department of Community Health for payment of loan
			 awards approved by the Board and for which a fully executed contract is on file
			 in the Board offices.
I. The Board
			 staff shall maintain appropriate records necessary to account for the
			 expenditure of funds for the Physicians for Rural Areas Assistance
			 Program.
O.C.G.A. §
										31-34.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-12 - PHYSICIANS FOR RURAL AREAS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 195-12-.05 - Contract Provisions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A. The term of the PRAA contract will be one
			 year.
B. Awards shall be in an
			 amount determined by the Board at the annual meeting of the Board.
C. Recipients shall provide one year of
			 service in a practice location approved by the Board for each contract.
D. The contract may be renewed up
			 to three times, for a total of four contract years.
E. Recipients of the Georgia Board of Health
			 Care Workforce scholarship shall be eligible for loan repayment and receive
			 funds as described in section
			 195-12-.04 Award Process but with the
			 special proviso that the service obligation shall be added as an extension to
			 any service obligation remaining as a requirement of the recipient's
			 scholarship contract.
F. Annual
			 documentation of the physician's practice location and other information is
			 required to be submitted by the recipient in the form of an annual report to
			 the Board. Failure to submit the annual report will eliminate eligibility for
			 contract renewal.
G. Each PRAA
			 loan repayment recipient is responsible for keeping the Board apprised of
			 his/her current address and telephone number at all times. Failure to do so may
			 result in cancellation of contract and request for payment in full.
H. The Board has the discretionary power to
			 cancel any contract for cause deemed sufficient by the Board. Upon such
			 cancellation by the Board, two times the total uncredited amount of the loan
			 paid on behalf of the recipient shall at once become due and payable to the
			 Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
I. The Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
			 is vested with full and complete authority to bring an action in its own name
			 against any recipient for any balance due the Georgia Board of Health Care
			 Workforce on any such contract.
O.C.G.A. §
										31-34.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-12 - PHYSICIANS FOR RURAL AREAS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 195-12-.06 - Contract Default, Penalty, and Appeals

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Default - a recipient will be considered
			 in default of the contractual obligations of the Physicians for Rural Areas
			 Assistance program under any of the following situations:
(a) The recipient loses his/her Georgia
			 medical license; or restrictions are placed on the recipient's license
			 rendering him/her ineligible to practice full time medicine in agreement with
			 the terms of the PRAA contract.
(b)
			 The recipient fails to begin professional practice in a Board approved practice
			 location in a rural community in Georgia as specified in the
			 contract;
(c) The recipient fails
			 to complete the full term of the contractual service obligation in the practice
			 location specified in the contract;
(d) The recipient fails to maintain a full
			 time practice (40+ hours per week) in the Board approved practice location
			 specified in the contract;
(e) The
			 recipient fails to provide Board staff with access to records or other
			 information necessary to monitor the recipient's compliance with contract
			 terms.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-12 - PHYSICIANS FOR RURAL AREAS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 195-12-.07 - Monitoring Compliance

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Board shall monitor compliance
			 primarily through information submitted by the recipient in an annual report,
			 which shall include information about the recipient and about the recipient's
			 practice as it relates to the service obligations of the contract.
(2) The Board may also monitor compliance
			 through on-site visits by Board staff or contracted compliance officers to the
			 recipient's practice during the contract period. Such on-site visits may be
			 unannounced.
(3) The Board, at its
			 discretion, may monitor compliance through other appropriate means.
O.C.G.A. Sec
				31-34
et
				seq.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-12 - PHYSICIANS FOR RURAL AREAS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 195-12-.08 - Allocation of Funds

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Funds for all awards granted through the
			 Physicians for Rural Areas Assistance program shall be allocated from funding
			 appropriated to the Georgia Board for Health Care Workforce by the Georgia
			 General Assembly for that purpose.
O.C.G.A. §
										31-34.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-12 - PHYSICIANS FOR RURAL AREAS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Rule 195-12-.09 - Accounting Procedures and Reporting Requirements

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Georgia Department of Community
			 Health shall maintain appropriate records in accordance with the provisions of
			 the Georgia Administrative Attachment Statute, O.C.G.A. §
								50-4-3.
O.C.G.A. Sec
				31-34
et
				seq.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-13 - NEW PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT › Rule 195-13-.01 - General Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 "Graduate Medical Education Training Program" is a multi-year training program
			 after graduation from medical school designed to provide the ambulatory and
			 hospital experience required to train physicians as delineated by the
			 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and/or the
			 American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
(2) "Accreditation Council for Graduate
			 Medical Education" is the body established to accredit allopathic graduate
			 medical education training programs.
(3) "American Osteopathic Association" is the
			 body established to accredit osteopathic graduate medical education training
			 programs.
(4) "Qualified Hospital"
			 means a hospital, or associated hospitals, which meet(s) the Accreditation
			 Council for Graduate Medical Education and/or American Osteopathic Association
			 requirements for a critical mass and mix of hospital patients, medical staff,
			 facilities, and financial support adequate to sustain a quality program of
			 physician training.
(5) "Developing
			 Program" means a proposed Graduate Medical Education Training Program at a
			 qualified hospital which meets the accreditation requirements of the
			 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and/or the American
			 Osteopathic Association.
(6)
			 "Fellowship Training Program" is an additional training program after
			 graduation from a graduate medical education residency training program, which
			 allows a MD, DO, MD PhD, or PhD to develop a particular expertise that may have
			 a related subspecialty board.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10-4.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-13 - NEW PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT › Rule 195-13-.02 - Developing Graduate Medical Education Programs

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) For
			 the development of new Graduate Medical Education Training Programs, the Board
			 requires the following conditions be met:
(a)
			 Qualified hospital must provide documentation to the Board that the hospital or
			 associated hospital(s) have a critical mass and mix of hospital patients,
			 medical staff, facilities, and financial support adequate to sustain a quality
			 program of physician training.
(b)
			 Agreement by the hospital administration and medical staff to provide resources
			 necessary to satisfy the requirements for Program accreditation by the
			 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and/or the American
			 Osteopathic Association.
(c) State
			 funds are appropriated to the Board by the General Assembly for the purpose of
			 developing new graduate medical education programs.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-13 - NEW PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT › Rule 195-13-.03 - Developing Fellowship Programs

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) For
			 the development of new medical Fellowship Training Programs, the Board requires
			 the following conditions be met:
(a)
			 Qualified hospital must provide documentation to the Board that the hospital or
			 associated hospital(s) have a critical mass and mix of hospital patients,
			 medical staff, facilities, and financial support adequate to sustain a quality
			 program of physician training.
(b)
			 State funds are appropriated to the Board by the General Assembly for the
			 purpose of developing new MD, DO, MD PhD, or PhD fellowship programs.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-14 - DENTAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-14-.02 - Eligibility Criteria and Application Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Eligibility Criteria.
Program eligibility is limited to applicants who meet the following criteria:
a. Be licensed to practice dentistry in
			 Georgia by the Georgia Board of Dentistry.
b. Agree to practice full time (a minimum of
			 forty hours per week) in a Board-approved practice location in a rural
			 community in Georgia designated by the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
c. Must maintain a Georgia
			 Medicaid number and actively treat Medicaid patients.
d. Must not have other current contractual
			 service obligations, such as National Health Service Corps Scholarships or
			 Military Service Obligations.
e.
			 Must meet all other requirements as set forth by the Georgia Board of Health
			 Care Workforce.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-14 - DENTAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-14-.03 - Review Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Administrative Review.
A. The Board Staff shall collect and maintain
			 documentation of the following information form Dentists for Rural Areas
			 Assistance Program applicants:
1. Application
			 form.
2. Full disclosure of all
			 outstanding dental education debt.
3. Documentation of the county and city/town
			 population where the practice is located.
4. Documentation that the practice will be
			 located in a rural Georgia community which needs additional dentists to
			 practice general dentistry.
5. Copy
			 of the contract between the practice entity and the dentist or attestation from
			 the dentist documenting full time (40+ hours per week) practice in the rural
			 community where the practice is located.
6. Documentation verifying enrollment in the
			 Georgia Medicaid program.
7.
			 Attestation from the applicant that the applicant does not have any other
			 current service obligations.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-14 - DENTAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-14-.04 - Award Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A. The Board staff shall notify each
			 applicant in writing of the Board's decision within ten (10) days following the
			 decision.
B. The successful
			 applicant will be asked to accept or decline the award of a loan by signing and
			 submitting an
Acceptance Form
.
C. Those applicants who accept the loan award
			 shall receive a contract for participation in the Dentists for Rural Areas
			 Assistance Program. Each recipient will be allowed 10 days in which to review
			 the contract with an attorney as to its contents if they so choose.
D. Loan awards that are rejected by the
			 applicant shall be made available to the next highest ranking applicant based
			 on the discussion and action taken by the Board.
E. The Board staff shall arrange for all
			 valid and approved contracts to be executed by the Executive Director and Board
			 Chairman. Such documents shall be notarized and the official seal affixed.
F. One of two fully executed
			 copies of each loan contract shall be returned to the applicant and one kept in
			 the permanent records of the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
G. Funds shall be paid directly to the
			 financial institution holding the recipient's dental student loan debt unless
			 payment arrangements are otherwise directed in writing by the Board.
H. The Board staff shall submit a check
			 request to the Georgia Department of Community Health for payment of loan
			 awards approved by the Board and for which fully executed contract is on file
			 in the Board offices.
I. The Board
			 staff shall maintain appropriate records necessary to account for the
			 expenditure of funds for the Dentists for Rural Areas Assistance
			 Program.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-14 - DENTAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-14-.05 - Contract Provisions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A. The term of the Dentists for Rural Areas
			 Assistance Program contract will be one year.
B. Awards shall be in an amount determined by
			 the Board at the annual meeting of the Board.
C. Recipients shall provide one year of
			 service in a practice location approved by the Board for each contract.
D. The contract may be renewed up
			 to three times, for a total of four contract years.
E. Annual documentation of the dentist's
			 practice location and other information is required to be submitted by the
			 recipient in the form of an annual report to the Board.
Failure to submit the annual report will eliminate eligibility
				for contract renewal.
F.
			 Each Dentist for Rural Areas Assistance Program recipient is responsible for
			 keeping the Board apprised of his/her current address and telephone number at
			 all times.
G. The Board has the
			 discretionary power to cancel any contract for cause deemed sufficient by the
			 Board. Upon such cancellation by the Board, two times the total uncredited
			 amount of the loan paid on behalf of the recipient shall at once become due and
			 payable to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
H. The Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
			 is vested with full and complete authority to bring an action in its own name
			 against any recipient for any balance due the Georgia Board of Health Care
			 Workforce on any such contract.
O.C.G.A.
				§§
										49-10-3,
				31-34-6(2).
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-14 - DENTAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-14-.06 - Contract Default, Penalty and Appeal

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Default - a recipient will be considered
			 in default of the contractual obligations of the Dentists for Rural Areas
			 Assistance Program under any of the following situations:
· The recipient loses his/her Georgia dental license or
				restrictions are placed on the recipients license rendering him/her ineligible
				to practice full time dentistry in agreement with the terms of the DRAA
				contract;
· The recipient fails to begin professional practice in
				a Board approved practice location in a rural community in Georgia as specified
				in the contract;
· The recipient fails to complete the full term of the
				contractual service obligation in the practice location specified in the
				contract;
· The recipient fails to maintain a full time practice
				(40+hours per week) in the Board approved practice location specified in the
				contract;
· The recipient fails to provide Board staff with access
				to records or other information necessary to monitor the recipient's compliance
				with contract terms.
(2)
			 Penalty for Default - upon a finding of default by the Board, the recipient
			 shall immediately be liable to the Board for two times the original principal
			 amount of the loan award provided to the recipient.
(3) Reduction of Penalty - the Georgia Board
			 of Health Care Workforce may consent or agree to a lesser measure of damages in
			 recognition of service provided or for other compelling reasons.
(4) Appeal Process - a recipient found to be
			 in default may appeal the finding to the Board in writing. The recipient shall
			 also have the right to request a hearing before the Board to appeal a finding
			 of default or enforcement of the penalty provision. If a recipient fails to
			 appear for a scheduled hearing before the Board, the recipient shall forfeit
			 all rights of appeal. The Board shall consider appeals from recipients prior to
			 enforcement of the penalty provision.
(5) Enforcement of Penalty - the penalty
			 provision for default shall be enforced by a letter of demand for payment from
			 the Board to the recipient. If the recipient fails to respond to the letter of
			 demand for payment, collection shall be pursued through the civil
			 courts.
O.C.G.A.
				§§
										49-10-3,
				31-34-6(2).
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-14 - DENTAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-14-.07 - Monitoring Compliance

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Board shall monitor compliance
			 primarily through information submitted by the recipient in an annual report,
			 which shall include information about the recipient and about the recipient's
			 practice as it relates to the service obligations of the contract.
(2) The Board may also monitor compliance
			 through on-site visits by Board staff or contracted compliance officers to the
			 recipient's practice during the contract period. Such on-site visits may be
			 unannounced.
(3) The Board, at its
			 discretion, may monitor compliance through other appropriate means.
O.C.G.A. §
									49-10-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-14 - DENTAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-14-.08 - Allocation of Funds

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Funds for all awards granted through the
			 Dentists for Rural Areas Assistance program shall be allocated from funding
			 appropriated to the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce by the Georgia
			 General Assembly for that purpose.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-14 - DENTAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-14-.09 - Accounting Procedures and Reporting Requirements

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Georgia Department of Community
			 Health shall maintain appropriate records in accordance with the provisions of
			 the Georgia Administrative Attachment Statute, O.C.G.A. §
								50-4-3.
O.C.G.A. §
									50-4-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-15 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (PA) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-15-.02 - Eligibility Criteria and Application Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Eligibility Criteria.
Program eligibility is limited to applicants who meet the following criteria:
a. Be licensed to practice as physician
			 assistant in Georgia by the Georgia Composite Medical Board.
b. Agree to practice full time (a minimum of
			 forty hours per week) in a Board-approved practice location in a rural
			 community in Georgia designated by the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
c. Must work in a qualifying
			 practice that actively treats Medicaid patients.
d. Must not have other current contractual
			 service obligations, such as National Health Service Corps Scholarships or
			 Military Service Obligations.
e.
			 Must meet all other requirements as set forth by the Georgia Board of Health
			 Care Workforce
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-15 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (PA) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-15-.03 - Review Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Administrative Review.
A. The Board Staff shall collect and maintain
			 documentation of the following information from Physician Assistants for Rural
			 Areas Assistance Program applicants:
1.
			 Application form.
2. Full
			 disclosure of all outstanding physician assistant education debt.
3. Documentation of the county and city/town
			 population where the practice is located.
4. Documentation that the practice will be
			 located in a rural Georgia community which needs additional physician
			 assistants to practice.
5. Copy of
			 the contract between the practice entity and the physician assistant or
			 attestation from the Physician Assistant documenting full time (40+ hours per
			 week) practice in the rural community where the practice is located.
6. Documentation verifying enrollment in the
			 Georgia Medicaid program.
7.
			 Attestation from the applicant that the applicant does not have any other
			 current service obligations.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-15 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (PA) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-15-.04 - Award Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A. The Board staff shall notify each
			 applicant in writing of the Board's decision within ten (10) days following the
			 decision.
B. The successful
			 applicant will be asked to accept or decline the award of a loan by signing and
			 submitting an
Acceptance Form
.
C. Those applicants who accept the loan award
			 shall receive a contract for participation in the Physician Assistants for
			 Rural Areas Assistance Program. Each recipient will be allowed 10 days in which
			 to review the contract with an attorney as to its contents if they so choose.
D. Loan awards that are rejected
			 by the applicant shall be made available to the next highest ranking applicant
			 based on the discussion and action taken by the Board.
E. The Board staff shall arrange for all
			 valid and approved contracts to be executed by the Executive Director and Board
			 Chairman. Such documents shall be notarized and the official seal affixed.
F. One of two fully executed
			 copies of each loan contract shall be returned to the applicant and one kept in
			 the permanent records of the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
G. Funds shall be paid directly to the
			 financial institution holding the recipient's physician assistant student loan
			 debt unless payment arrangements are otherwise directed in writing by the
			 Board.
H. The Board staff shall
			 submit a check request to the Georgia Department of Community Health for
			 payment of loan awards approved by the Board and for which fully executed
			 contract is on file in the Board offices.
I. The Board staff shall maintain appropriate
			 records necessary to account for the expenditure of funds for the Physician
			 Assistants for Rural Areas Assistance Program.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-15 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (PA) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-15-.05 - Contract Provisions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A. The term of the Physician Assistants for
			 Rural Areas Assistance Program contract will be one year.
B. Awards shall be in an amount determined by
			 the Board at the annual meeting of the Board.
C. Recipients shall provide one year of
			 service in a practice location approved by the Board for each contract.
D. The contract may be renewed up
			 to three times, for a total of four contract years.
E. Annual documentation of the physician
			 assistants practice location and other information is required to be submitted
			 by the recipient in the form of an annual report to the Board.
F. Failure to submit the annual report will
			 eliminate eligibility for contract renewal.
G. Each Physician Assistants for Rural Areas
			 Assistance Program recipient is responsible for keeping the Board apprised of
			 his/her current address and telephone number at all times.
H. The Board has the discretionary power to
			 cancel any contract for cause deemed sufficient by the Board. Upon such
			 cancellation by the Board, two times the total uncredited amount of the loan
			 paid on behalf of the recipient shall at once become due and payable to the
			 Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
I. The Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
			 is vested with full and complete authority to bring an action in its own name
			 against any recipient for any balance due the Georgia Board of Health Care
			 Workforce on any such contract.
O.C.G.A.
				§§
										49-10-3,
				31-34-6(2)
.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-15 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (PA) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-15-.06 - Contract Default, Penalty and Appeal

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Default - a recipient will be considered
			 in default of the contractual obligations of the Physician Assistants for Rural
			 Areas Assistance Program under any of the following situations:
a. The recipient loses his/her Georgia
			 physician assistants license or restrictions are placed on the recipient's
			 license rendering him/her ineligible to practice full time as a physician
			 assistant in agreement with the terms of the PARAA contract;
b. The recipient fails to begin professional
			 practice in a Board approved practice location in a rural community in Georgia
			 as specified in the contract;
c.
			 The recipient fails to complete the full term of the contractual service
			 obligation in the practice location specified in the contract;
d. The recipient fails to maintain a full
			 time practice (40+hours per week) in the Board approved practice location
			 specified in the contract;
e. The
			 recipient fails to provide Board staff with access to records or other
			 information necessary to monitor the recipient's compliance with contract
			 terms.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-15 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (PA) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-15-.07 - Monitoring Compliance

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Board shall monitor compliance
			 primarily through information submitted by the recipient in an annual report,
			 which shall include information about the recipient and about the recipient's
			 practice as it relates to the service obligations of the contract.
(2) The Board may also monitor compliance
			 through on-site visits by Board staff or contracted compliance officers to the
			 recipient's practice during the contract period. Such on-site visits may be
			 unannounced.
(3) The Board, at its
			 discretion, may monitor compliance through other appropriate
			 means.
O.C.G.A. §
									49-10-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-15 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (PA) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-15-.08 - Allocation of Funds

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Funds for all awards granted through the
			 Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce shall be allocated from funding
			 appropriated to the Board by the Georgia General Assembly for that
			 purpose.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-15 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (PA) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-15-.09 - Accounting Procedures and Reporting Requirements

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Georgia Department of Community
			 Health shall maintain appropriate records in accordance with the provisions of
			 the Georgia Administrative Attachment Statute, O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. §
									50-4-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-16 - ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES (APRN) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-16-.02 - Eligibility Criteria and Application Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Eligibility Criteria.
Program eligibility is limited to applicants who meet the following criteria:
a. Be licensed to practice as a certified
			 nurse midwife, certified nurse anesthetist, certified nurse practitioner
			 providing primary care and/or mental health care certified in Georgia by the
			 Georgia Board of Nursing.
b. Agree
			 to practice full time (a minimum of forty hours per week) in a Board-approved
			 practice location in a rural community in Georgia designated by the Georgia
			 Board of Health Care Workforce.
c.
			 Must work in a qualifying practice that actively treats Medicaid patients.
d. Must not have other current
			 contractual service obligations, such as National Health Service Corps
			 Scholarships or Military Service Obligations.
e. Must meet all other requirements as set
			 forth by the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-16 - ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES (APRN) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-16-.03 - Review Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Administrative Review.
A. The Board Staff shall collect and maintain
			 documentation of the following information form APRN for Rural Areas Assistance
			 Program applicants:
1. Application form.
2. Full disclosure of all
			 outstanding APRN education debt.
3. Documentation of the county and city/town
			 population where the practice is located.
4. Documentation that the practice will be
			 located in a rural Georgia community which needs additional APRNs.
5. Copy of the contract between the practice
			 entity and the APRN or attestation from the APRN documenting full time (40+
			 hours per week) practice in the rural community where the practice is located.
6. Documentation verifying
			 enrollment in the Georgia Medicaid program.
7. Attestation from the applicant that the
			 applicant does not have any other current service obligations.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-16 - ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES (APRN) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-16-.04 - Award Process

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A. The Board staff shall notify each
			 applicant in writing of the Board's decision within ten (10) days following the
			 decision.
B. The successful
			 applicant will be asked to accept or decline the award of a loan by signing and
			 submitting an
Acceptance Form
.
C. Those applicants who accept the loan award
			 shall receive a contract for participation in the APRNs for Rural Areas
			 Assistance Program. Each recipient will be allowed 10 days in which to review
			 the contract with an attorney as to its contents if they so choose.
D. Loan awards that are rejected by the
			 applicant shall be made available to the next highest ranking applicant based
			 on the discussion and action taken by the Board.
E. The Board staff shall arrange for all
			 valid and approved contracts to be executed by the Executive Director and Board
			 Chairman. Such documents shall be notarized and the official seal affixed.
F. One of two fully executed
			 copies of each loan contract shall be returned to the applicant and one kept in
			 the permanent records of the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
G. Funds shall be paid directly to the
			 financial institution holding the recipient's advanced practice registered
			 nurse student loan debt unless payment arrangements are otherwise directed in
			 writing by the Board.
H. The Board
			 staff shall submit a check request to the Georgia Department of Community
			 Health for payment of loan awards approved by the Board and for which fully
			 executed contract is on file in the Board offices.
I. The Board staff shall maintain appropriate
			 records necessary to account for the expenditure of funds for the Advanced
			 Practice Registered Nurses for Rural Areas Assistance Program.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-16 - ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES (APRN) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-16-.05 - Contract Provisions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
A. The term of the APRNs for Rural Areas
			 Assistance Program contract will be one year.
B. Awards shall be in an amount determined by
			 the Board at the annual meeting of the Board.
C. Recipients shall provide one year of
			 service in a practice location approved by the Board for each contract.
D. The contract may be renewed up
			 to three times, for a total of four contract years.
E. Annual documentation of the APRN's
			 practice location and other information is required to be submitted by the
			 recipient in the form of an annual report to the Board.
F. Failure to submit the annual report will
			 eliminate eligibility for contract renewal.
G. Each APRN for Rural Areas Assistance
			 Program recipient is responsible for keeping the Board apprised of his/her
			 current address and telephone number at all times.
H. The Board has the discretionary power to
			 cancel any contract for cause deemed sufficient by the Board. Upon such
			 cancellation by the Board, two times the total uncredited amount of the loan
			 paid on behalf of the recipient shall at once become due and payable to the
			 Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.
I. The Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
			 is vested with full and complete authority to bring an action in its own name
			 against any recipient for any balance due the Georgia Board of Health Care
			 Workforce on any such contract.
O.C.G.A.
				§§
										49-10-3,
				31-34-6(2).
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-16 - ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES (APRN) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-16-.06 - Contract Default, Penalty and Appeal

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Default - a recipient will be considered
			 in default of the contractual obligations of the APRNs for Rural Areas
			 Assistance Program under any of the following situations:
a. The recipient loses his/her Georgia APRN
			 license or restrictions are placed on the recipient's license rendering him/her
			 ineligible to practice full time nursing in agreement with the terms of the
			 APRNRAA contract;
b. The recipient
			 fails to begin professional practice in a Board approved practice location in a
			 rural community in Georgia as specified in the contract;
c. The recipient fails to complete the full
			 term of the contractual service obligation in the practice location specified
			 in the contract;
d. The recipient
			 fails to maintain a full time practice (40+hours per week) in the Board
			 approved practice location specified in the contract;
e. The recipient fails to provide Board staff
			 with access to records or other information necessary to monitor the
			 recipient's compliance with contract terms.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-16 - ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES (APRN) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-16-.07 - Monitoring Compliance

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Board shall monitor compliance
			 primarily through information submitted by the recipient in an annual report,
			 which shall include information about the recipient and about the recipient's
			 practice as it relates to the service obligations of the contract.
(2) The Board may also monitor compliance
			 through on-site visits by Board staff or contracted compliance officers to the
			 recipient's practice during the contract period. Such on-site visits may be
			 unannounced.
(3) The Board, at its
			 discretion, may monitor compliance through other appropriate means.
O.C.G.A. §
									49-10-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-16 - ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES (APRN) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-16-.08 - Allocation of Funds

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Funds for all awards granted through the
			 Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce shall be allocated from funding
			 appropriated to the Board by the Georgia General Assembly for that
			 purpose.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-16 - ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES (APRN) LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Rule 195-16-.09 - Accounting Procedures and Reporting Requirements

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Georgia Department of Community
			 Health shall maintain appropriate records in accordance with the provisions of
			 the Georgia Administrative Attachment Statute, O.C.G.A.
			 50-4-3.
O.C.G.A. §
									50-4-3.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-17 - OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY RESIDENCY CAPITATION › Rule 195-17-.01 - General Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 "Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) Residency Program" is a four-year training
			 program after graduation from medical school designed to provide the experience
			 required to train a OB-GYN physician as delineated by the Accreditation Council
			 for Graduate Medical Education, Essentials for Residency Programs in OB-GYN.
(2) "Accreditation Council for
			 Graduate Medical Education" is the body established to accredit residency
			 programs.
(3) "Institutional,
			 Program and Fellowship Requirements" of the ACGME details the institutional and
			 program requirements for each of the medical specialties and subspecialties.
(4) "Qualified Hospital" means a
			 hospital, or associated hospitals, which meet(s) the Residency Review Committee
			 of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements for a
			 critical mass and mix of hospital patients, medical staff, facilities, and
			 financial support adequate to sustain a quality program of OB-GYN resident
			 training.
(5) "Underserved Areas"
			 are those geographic areas of the state in which the Board determines there is
			 a shortage of OB-GYN physicians.
(6) "Resident" means an individual at any
			 level in an ACGME-accredited Graduate Medical Education Program, including
			 subspecialty programs.
(7)
			 "Capitation" means Board funding of designated OB-GYN Residency Training
			 Programs based upon a fixed dollar amount per resident times the number of
			 residents in training, with the fixed dollar amount being set by the total
			 state appropriation available for this purpose.
(8) "Board Programs" means those medical
			 education activities supported by the Board and/or funded by the General
			 Assembly to address Georgia's physician workforce needs.
O.C.G.A. §
										49-10.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-17 - OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY RESIDENCY CAPITATION › Rule 195-17-.02 - OB-GYN Residency Capitation Funding

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) For the annual provision of capitation
			 funds to designated OB-GYN Residency Programs, the Board requires the following
			 conditions be met:
(a) Notification of the
			 total number of residents to be trained during an academic year;
(b) Maintenance of approval of the Program by
			 the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education;
(c) Compliance with all Board guidelines,
			 rules, and regulations;
(d)
			 Submission of all reports including, but not limited to, a graduate practice
			 location report, and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the
			 Board and/or outlined in the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce Report
			 Guidelines;
1. Practice Location of Graduates.
			 The medical school and/or OB-GYN Residency Program shall annually submit a
			 report to the Board indicating the practice location of each graduate to assist
			 the Board in evaluating the effectiveness of the Program in meeting the need
			 for physicians in Georgia.
(i) Graduate
			 practice location reports shall be due no later than September
			 1st of each year and include the practice location
			 (city/state), additional training being pursued (e.g., fellowship), military
			 service obligation, other state or federal service obligation (e.g., Georgia
			 Board of Health Care Workforce, National Health Services Corp.), or other
			 activity of those residents completing their medical education and training at
			 the medical school or OB-GYN Residency Program.
(ii) Medical Schools/OB-GYN Residency
			 Programs shall be expected to monitor, update, and report to the Board, any
			 changes in the practice status of graduates for a period of four years
			 post-graduation.
(e) Development and maintenance of procedures
			 to encourage residents to establish practices in areas of Georgia where unmet
			 need exists for OB-GYN physicians; and collaboration to maximize state
			 resources, where appropriate, to carry out said activities.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 195 - GEORGIA BOARD FOR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE › Chapter 195-18 - INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY CAPITATION › Rule 195-18-.01 - General Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) "Internal Medicine Residency Program" is
			 a three year training program after graduation from medical school designed to
			 provide the experience required to train an internal medicine physician as
			 delineated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education,
			 Essentials for Residency Programs in Internal Medicine.
(2) "Accreditation Council for Graduate
			 Medical Education" is the body established to accredit residency
			 programs.
(3) "Essentials of
			 Accredited Residencies in Graduate Medical Education," a document published by
			 the American Medical Association in its annual Graduate Medical Education
			 Directory, details the institutional and program requirements for each of the
			 medical specialties and subspecialties.
(4) "Qualified Hospital" means a hospital, or
			 associated hospitals, which meet(s) the Residency Review Committee of the
			 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements for a
			 critical mass and mix of hospital patients, medical staff, facilities, and
			 financial support adequate to sustain a quality program of internal medicine
			 resident training.
(5) "Underserved
			 Areas" are those geographic areas of the state in which the Board determines
			 there is a shortage of internal medicine physicians.
(6) "Resident" means an individual at any
			 level in an ACGME-accredited Graduate Medical Education Program, including
			 subspecialty programs.
(7)
			 "Capitation" means Board funding of designated Internal Medicine Residency
			 Training Programs based upon a fixed dollar amount per resident times the
			 number of residents in training, with the fixed dollar amount being set by the
			 total state appropriation available for this purpose.
(8) "Board Programs" means those medical
			 education activities supported by the Board and/or funded by the General
			 Assembly to address Georgia's physician workforce needs.
O.C.G.A. §
									49-10.