New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter B - State Aid And Funding › Part 47 - New York State Health Service Corps/obstetric And Pediatric Practitioner Incentive Demonstration Program › Subpart 47-4 - Resident Loan Repayment Program › Section 47-4.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Council shall
					 mean the New York State Council on Graduate Medical Education.
(b) Primary Care Medical Training Program or
					 Primary Care Residency Program shall mean a residency program approved by the
					 council for up weighting of 1.5 under section 2807-c  of the Public Health
					 Law.
(c) Resident loan repayment
					 recipient and recipient shall mean an individual who has signed a service
					 agreement to receive a loan repayment award under this Subpart.
(d) Service agreement shall mean the written
					 agreement prepared by the Department of Health and signed by the resident loan
					 repayment recipient prior to the issuance of an award specifying the terms of
					 the award and the service obligation required.
(e) Award shall mean the funds provided under
					 this Subpart during one residency year, for the purpose of repaying some or all
					 of the qualifying debt of the resident loan repayment recipient.
(f) Qualifying debt shall mean any
					 outstanding, unpaid debt incurred by the recipient from loans to cover tuition
					 and other related educational expenses made by, or guaranteed by, the Federal
					 or State government, or made by a lending or educational institution approved
					 under title IV of the Federal Higher Education Act.
(g) Underserved area shall mean a site, area,
					 or facility designated pursuant to section
					 47-3.1  of this
					 Part.
(h) License shall mean a
					 license to practice medicine in New York State issued by the State Education
					 Department.
(i) Residency year
					 shall mean the period between July 1st and June 30th of the following
					 year.
(j) Service obligation shall
					 mean the period of time a resident loan repayment recipient must practice
					 primary care in an underserved area after completion of his/her residency
					 training.
(k) Service obligation
					 start date shall mean the date upon which a resident loan repayment recipient
					 is required to begin practicing primary care in fulfillment of his/her service
					 obligation.
(l) Rescission shall
					 mean the withdrawal, cancellation or revocation of an award in accordance with
					 the provisions of section
					 47-4.4 
					 of this Subpart, after the signing of the service agreement.
(m) Waiver shall mean full or partial release
					 by the commissioner of the service obligation and/or financial obligation for
					 repayment of an award incurred or owed by a recipient.
(n) Deferral shall mean a delay or temporary
					 suspension of an award payment, service obligation, or any financial obligation
					 for repayment of an award by the recipient, which is granted by the
					 commissioner with no resulting reduction in service or financial
					 obligation.
(o) Default shall occur
					 if a recipient has not obtained an approved waiver or deferral and the
					 recipient fails to complete the primary care residency program on which the
					 award is based, or the recipient fails to begin or complete the service
					 obligation within the timeframes prescribed by this Subpart, or an award is
					 rescinded after payment of award monies to the recipient.
(p) Program default rate shall be equal to
					 the number of residents that have completed residency training in a specific
					 program and have defaulted on their service obligation divided by the total
					 number of recipients that completed training in that program.
(q) President shall mean the president of the
					 New York State Higher Education Services Corporation.