Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 9 - Office of Health Policy and Planning › Subpart 95 - APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION "ARC" J-1 VISA WAIVER GUIDELINES › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION "ARC" J-1 VISA WAIVER GUIDELINES › Subchapter 2 - GENERAL GUIDELINES › Rule 15-9-95-1.2.1

Current through June 25, 2024
The State of Mississippi is prepared to make
						recommendations to the ARC on behalf of Mississippi health care facilities for
						physicians holding J-1 Visas for the purpose of waiving the two-year foreign
						residency requirement. All conditions of the following ARC and Mississippi J-1
						Visa Waiver policies/guidelines must be met. Employers are encouraged to impose
						additional provisions in order to assure that the delivery of care is
						consistent with their facility's policies.
1. Physicians who have completed a U.S.
					 residency training program in family practice, general practice, general
					 internal medicine, general pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology are considered
					 to be primary care physicians. Psychiatrists are also considered for the
					 program. Waiver recommendations for physicians who will practice specialty
					 medicine may be made with an appropriate showing of need.
2. The medical facility or practice must be
					 located in a county or portion of county currently designated by the United
					 States Department of Health and Human Services as a HPSA for primary medical
					 care or mental health, in the case of the recruitment of
					 psychiatrists.
3. All requests must
					 at a minimum, include the following:
a. The
					 ARC Federal Co-Chair Cover Letter.
b. The ARC J-1 Visa Waiver Policy Affidavit
					 and Agreement.
c. Attestation of
					 the ARC J-1 Visa Liquidated Damages Clause.
d. Information describing the public benefit
					 of approval of the placement.
e.
					 Attestation that site provides health care services to Medicare and Medicaid-
					 eligible patients, indigent patients, and uninsured patients. And, the
					 percentage of Medicaid, Medicare, indigent, and uninsured patients served by
					 site.
f. Proof that practice site
					 is located in a HPSA or the documentation required to prove the practice is
					 serving patients from a nearby HPSA.
g. Evidence that other avenues, regionally
					 and nationally, to secure a physician not bound by the 2-year home residence
					 requirement have been undertaken over a period of at least three (3) months.
					 The recruitment must have occurred prior to sub Mission of the ARC 30 J-1 Visa
					 Waiver Application.
h. Information
					 about the home government "No Objection" requirement.
i. A copy of notarized, dated, executed
					 tentative employment contract indicating three (3) year full-time (40 hours per
					 week) employment with the sponsoring medical facility.
j. Information about the applying
					 physician.
k. Attestation that the
					 physician will start employment within 90 days of receiving the
					 waiver.
l. Attestation to submit
					 the MSDH Annual J-1 Visa Waiver Physician Employment Verification
					 Form.
m. The required documentation
					 for specialist applicants.
n. An
					 indication of whether the applying physician is a party to any existing or
					 possible future (one that may occur within the obligation period) petition that
					 would result in the applying physician not having to complete the service
					 obligation.