Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 508 - RULES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE STATE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM (SLRP). A FEDERAL/STATE HEALTH EDUCATIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT GRANT › Section 144-508-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The following words and phrases shall have the following
				  meanings:
a. Designated Health
				Manpower Shortage Areas (HMSAs) - are those regions of the state designated by
				the federal government, pursuant to Section 322 of the Public Health Service
				Act and 42 Certified Federal Register (CFR) Part 5. as having a shortage of
				primary medical care manpower.
b.
				Family/General Practice Physician - is a physician with a current Maine license
				from the Board of Medicine or the Osteopathic board whose practice assumes
				continuing responsibility for supervising the health and coordinating the care
				of all members of a family, regardless of age. This practitioner generally
				provides the basic medical services given when a patient first seeks assistance
				from the medical care system and provides for care of the simpler and more
				common illnesses. The provider of these services usually also assumes ongoing
				responsibility for the patient in both health maintenance and treatment of
				illness. These services are comprehensive in the sense that the provider takes
				responsibility for the coordination of the care of the patient's health
				problems. be they biological, behavioral or social. The appropriate use of
				consultants and community resources in an important part of an effective
				family/general medical-practice. Such work demands specific skills including
				functioning as a medical manager. advocate. educator and counselor for the
				patient.
c. Physician Extender - is
				a physician assistant or professional nurse practitioner licensed by the State
				of Maine and who has completed the requirements to be certified as a
				physician's assistant or professional nurse practitioner.
d. Full-Time Equivalent Family/General
				Practice Physician - is a family/general practice physician who provides
				patient care an average of forty hours per week. For family/general practice
				physicians who provide patient care for fewer than forty hours per week. every
				four hours spent in providing patient care will be counted as 0.1 full-time
				equivalent. When a family/general practice physician practices in more than one
				HMSA site, each practice will be prorated based on 40 hours a week. If the
				total number of office hours by the physician in both areas is greater than or
				equal to 40, the physician's full-time, equivalency for each area will be
				calculated as the ratio of the subtotal for office hours in that area to the
				total office hours in both areas.
e. Population to Family/General Practice
				Physician Ratio - is determined by dividing the population of a HMSA by the
				number of full-time-equivalent family/general practice physicians who practice
				within the area. The ratio for each HMSA will be expressed as a number of
				people per physician (e.g.. 2100:1).