Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 110 - Center for Rural Health and Primary Care › Rule 641-110.16 - Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A primary care provider loan repayment program is established
				to increase the number of health professionals practicing primary care in
				federally designated health professional shortage areas of the state. If
				sufficient state funds are available, applications will be considered for loan
				repayment for primary care providers practicing in communities not located in
				federally designated shortage areas. Under the program, loan repayment may be
				made to a recipient for educational loans incurred while completing an
				accredited health education program directly related to obtaining credentials
				necessary to practice the recipient's health profession. Notice of the
				availability of these public funds shall be published in the Iowa
				Administrative Bulletin in accordance with 641-Chapter 176.
(1)
Health care professional
			 eligibility.
The following requirements must be met by health care
			 professionals in order to be eligible for the program:
a. The status of the health care
			 professional's citizenship must meet requirements of the National Health
			 Service Corps loan repayment program.
b. The health care professional must be
			 licensed or certified to practice in the state of Iowa as a primary care health
			 professional as defined in
			 641-110.2 (135) and
			 approved by the state for purposes of program priorities and requirements.
			 Physicians must have completed a primary care residency and be board-eligible
			 or board-certified.
c. The health
			 care provider must possess evidence of a contractual agreement to practice full
			 time at a site in a designated shortage area within the state and approved by
			 the state for the minimum number of years required by federal programs
			 providing support for the program.
d. The health care provider shall provide one
			 year of obligated service in exchange for each year of loan repayment, unless
			 federal requirements otherwise require.
e. The health care provider must agree to
			 comply with all contract provisions and the rules and regulations as
			 promulgated by the department.
f.
			 The health care provider must possess a license that is not restricted by a
			 medical regulatory authority of any jurisdiction of the United States, other
			 nations, or territories.
g. The
			 health care professional must be eligible under Section 33 8B of the Public
			 Health Service Act as amended November 16, 1990, by
			 Public Law
			 101-597.
h. The health care provider must agree to
			 provide full-time primary health care services at a clinical site in a
			 designated health professional shortage area.
i. The health care provider must agree not to
			 discriminate on the basis of the ability of the individual to pay for such care
			 or on the basis that payment for such care will be made pursuant to the program
			 established in Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, or pursuant
			 to the program established in Title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act.
j. The health care provider must agree to
			 accept assignment under Section 1842(b)(3)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act
			 for all services for which payment may be made under Part B of Title XVIII and
			 to enter into an appropriate agreement with the state agency that administers
			 the state plan for medical assistance under Title XIX of such Act to provide
			 service to individuals entitled to medical assistance under the plan.
k. The health care provider must complete an
			 application form provided by the Iowa department of public health.