Arizona Administrative Code › Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES › Chapter 15 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES LOAN REPAYMENT › Article 2 - PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Section R9-15-201 - Primary Care Provider and Service Site Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. A primary care provider may request to
				participate in the Primary Care Provider Loan Repayment Program or Rural Health
				Care Provider Loan Repayment Program:
1. If
				the primary care provider:
a. Meets the
				requirements in A.R.S. §
											41-1080 or is a U.S. National
				according to U.S.C. Title 8, Chapter 12;
b. Has completed the final year of a course
				of study or program approved by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S.
				Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation for
				higher education in a health profession licensed under A.R.S. Title
				32;
c. Holds a current Arizona
				license or certificate in a health profession licensed under A.R.S. Title
				32;
d. If a physician, has
				completed a professional residency program and is board certified or board
				eligible in:
i. Family medicine,
ii. Internal medicine,
iii. Pediatrics,
iv. Geriatrics,
v. Obstetrics-gynecology, or
vi. Psychiatry;
e. Except for a pharmacist or a behavioral
				health care provider providing primary care services at a free-clinic, Indian
				Health Service or tribal facility, or a federal prison or state prison, agrees
				to comply with the requirements for a sliding-fee schedule according to 9
				A.A.C. 1, Article 5;
f. Except for
				a primary care provider providing primary care services at a free-clinic,
				Indian Health Service or tribal facility, or a federal prison or state prison,
				agrees to charge for primary care services at the usual and customary fees
				prevailing in the primary care area, except that:
i. A patient unable to pay the usual and
				customary fees is not charged or is charged a reduced fee, according to the
				service site's or employer's sliding-fee schedule required in subsection
				(A)(2)(d), or a fee less than the sliding-fee schedule;and
ii. A medically uninsured individual from a
				family unit with an annual income at or below 200% of the poverty level is
				charged according to a sliding-fee schedule required in subsection (A)(2)(d) or
				not charged;
g. Who
				provides services at a critical access hospital with a separate qualifying
				service site, agrees to provide:
i. At least
				16 hours of service per week at the critical access hospital, and
ii. At least 24 hours of primary care
				services per week at the qualifying service site;
h. Agrees not to discriminate on the basis of
				a patient's ability to pay or a payment source, including Medicare, AHCCCS, or
				a qualifying health plan;
i. Agrees
				to accept assignment for payment under:
i.
				Medicare, if providing primary care services to adults;
ii. Children's Health Insurance Program
				(KidsCare), established under A.R.S. §
												36-2982, if providing primary care
				services to children;
iii. AHCCCS;
				and
iv. A qualifying health plan;
				and
j. Has satisfied any
				other health professional service obligation owed under a contract with a
				federal, state, or local government before beginning a period of service under
				the Primary Care Provider Loan Repayment Program or Rural Health Care Provider
				Loan Repayment Program, as applicable; and