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Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 17 - Service Obligation › Section 540:30-17-2 - Licensure examinations

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
				Following the completion of required coursework, licensure examinations will be
				completed as soon as possible after notification of eligibility;
(b) If the recipient fails to pass the first
				two successive licensure examinations offered following the completion of
				required coursework, the recipient's note(s) become due and payable.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg
				  1777, eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 17 - Service Obligation › Section 540:30-17-4 - Verification of practice; affidavit

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
During the practice period, the loan recipient shall furnish
				  an affidavit by the end of each year verifying the period of practice in order
				  that a note may be cancelled. (The Commission reserves the right to conduct its
				  own inquiries in verifying fulfillment of loan commitments).
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 35 - Community Match Intern Resident Program › Section 540:35-1-1 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Community Matching Intern/Resident Program (AKA Physician
				Community Match Program) provides financial assistance to physicians
				establishing practice in selected Oklahoma communities.
A community may
				enter into a contract with a physician who is a graduate from an accredited
				medical school
and who is licensed by the State of Oklahoma,
whereby such physician agrees to establish a practice in that
				community
. [70:697.18]
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1780,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 35 - Community Match Intern Resident Program › Section 540:35-1-2 - Statutory administration

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Community Match Intern Resident Program, also known as the
				Physician Community Match Program, shall be administered by the Health Care
				Workforce Training Commission under the provisions of Section
				625.13 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
				Statutes. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall have the
				authority to receive funds direct from that community for the purpose of paying
				the physician involved to the extent of the contractual
				arrangement.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1780,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 35 - Community Match Intern Resident Program › Section 540:35-1-3 - Power to grant loans

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Health Care Workforce Training Commission is authorized
				and empowered to grant loans to qualified individuals who have completed a
				degree of Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, and who have
				completed an intern/residency program in a primary care specialty (Family
				Practice, General Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, Emergency
				Medicine, or General Surgery), or other specialty as approved by the Commission
				on an individual basis. The loans will be provided through participation with
				communities considered by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission to be
				medically underserved rural Oklahoma communities outside the Oklahoma City and
				Tulsa metropolitan service areas and approved by the Commission. Assistance
				will be on a matching basis between state and community and community
				(60%-40%). The Health Care Workforce Training Commission reserves the right to
				disapprove an application.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1780,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 35 - Community Match Intern Resident Program › Section 540:35-1-4 - Terms and conditions of loans

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Recipients shall
			 agree to practice medicine in the specific community for a minimum of three
			 years for a $50,000 loan, or two years for a $30,000 loan. Communities shall
			 deposit the funds with the Health Care Workforce Training Commission to be
			 administered and matched by the Commission.
(b) The procedures, terms and conditions
			 governing the loans and how they are administered shall be as prescribed and
			 formulated by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission but shall include
			 the following:
(1) Eligible communities
			 desiring to participate in the Oklahoma Community Match Intern Resident
			 Program, shall select an individual who meets the requirements for
			 participating and give notice to the Commission.
(2) The Commission shall aid and advise
			 communities in the selection of qualified individuals to participate in a given
			 community loan program.
(3) The
			 communities shall deposit their total share, 40%, of the loan with the
			 Commission a minimum of 30 days prior to the participating physician's initial
			 practice date in the community.
(4)
			 The Commission shall review and approve the selection of a given individual and
			 then (based on availability of funds) match community funds with the state
			 funds from the Oklahoma Community Match Intern Resident Program in the amount
			 agreed upon by the participating physician, the Commission, and the community
			 in each particular case, within limits prescribed by the
			 Commission.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 35 - Community Match Intern Resident Program › Section 540:35-1-5 - Eligibility and amount

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) An applicant may
			 be eligible for the Community Match Intern Resident Program when the following
			 conditions are met:
(1) That the physician
			 has not previously received Health Care Workforce Training Commission money,
			 either through the Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Scholarship Loan Program,
			 the Community Match Intern Resident Program, the Community Physician Education
			 Scholarship Loan Program, or the Family Practice/General Practice Resident
			 Rural Scholarship Program.
(2) That
			 he/she has successfully completed an accredited medical or osteopathic college
			 and an approved internship or residency program in a primary care specialty
			 (Family Practice, General Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB/GYN,
			 General Surgery or Emergency Medicine) or other specialties as approved by the
			 Commission on an individual basis.
(3) That he/she desires to practice medicine
			 in a specific Oklahoma community which participates in the "matching"
			 program.
(4) That he/she submits
			 proof which states that he/she has not accepted or will not accept any other
			 assistance which has a conflicting service obligation requirement.
(5) That the physician possesses a valid
			 license to practice medicine in the State of Oklahoma at the time he/she
			 actually receives the matching funds.
(6) That the physician has conformed to
			 requirements stipulated in the contract.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 35 - Community Match Intern Resident Program › Section 540:35-1-6 - Procedures for administering loans

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Commission shall promulgate and adopt procedures as may be
				necessary to carry out the administration of the program. The Commission shall
				delineate the following procedures:
(1)
Promulgation of information
			 concerning loans.
Each medical and osteopathic physician enrolled in a
			 primary care intern residency program in the State of Oklahoma shall be
			 notified concerning the loans by the Health Care Workforce Training
			 Commission.
(2)
Applications.
All interested individuals shall file an application
			 with the Health Care Workforce Training Commission. This application can be
			 submitted at any time during the year. A copy of the application is available
			 in the office of the Health Care Workforce Training Commission.
(3)
Matching with a town.
The
			 Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall work with the eligible
			 physician who has submitted an application to find an eligible community which
			 desires to fund monies for that particular individual on a cost sharing basis
			 with the State of Oklahoma.
(4)
Approval of loan by the Commission.
The Oklahoma Community Match
			 Intern Resident Program may be awarded at any Commission meeting throughout the
			 year. The individual and spouse along with representatives from the community,
			 may appear before the Commission to be interviewed.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1780,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 35 - Community Match Intern Resident Program › Section 540:35-1-7 - Repayment of loans

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Each recipient
			 shall repay the loan to the state and to the community by practicing medicine
			 in the community in Oklahoma providing the initial funds at a minimum of two
			 years for Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) or three years for Fifty Thousand
			 Dollars ($50,000) which the community and the state have jointly financed for
			 the recipient; provided, however, that the recipient will be given no credit
			 for payment, repayment and reduction of said obligation to the community and
			 the state by serving the given community for a period of less than one
			 year.
(b) Repayment of the total
			 amount of the loan, plus principal, interest, litigation charges, and
			 liquidated damages as assessed by the Health Care Workforce Training
			 Commission, upon failure of the recipient to fulfill his/her contractual
			 obligations, shall be made to the state fund. This loan repayment will be
			 shared with the participating community in accordance with the percentage and
			 total amounts contributed by the state and by the community to the matching
			 fund program and in accordance with the provisions of the contract requirements
			 delineated by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission.
(c) Monies received by the Commission in
			 repayment of loans granted from appropriated funds shall be deposited with the
			 State Treasurer who shall place the same to the credit of the Commission in a
			 depository fund. All monies so collected and deposited in the State Treasury as
			 aforesaid shall not be subject to fiscal limitations, and the unexpended
			 balance shall at all times be available for expenditures for the purposes and
			 in the manner and form provided by this act. All funds and property, and income
			 therefrom, received by the Commission through the acceptance of gifts, grants,
			 bequests, or devise shall be held by the Commission in trust and may be sold,
			 transferred, invested and reinvested by the Commission in accordance with the
			 provisions of the Oklahoma Trust Act, and all such funds and property and
			 income therefrom shall be used by the Commission in fulfilling and
			 accomplishing the conditions and purposes of the program.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1780,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 35 - Community Match Intern Resident Program › Section 540:35-1-8 - Annual reports to Governor and Legislature

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Commission shall make an annual report to the Governor, the
				Speaker of the House and the Senate Pro Tempore on the activities of the
				Commission. This report shall include the names of the recipients of the loans,
				the amount of the loans awarded, an accounting of the funds expended on loans
				and on the administration of the program and a budget requesting the funds
				necessary for the operation of the Commission. The report shall also include an
				accounting of repayments by recipients whether by services or in cash including
				principal, interest and liquidated damages.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1780,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 35 - Community Match Intern Resident Program › Section 540:35-1-9 - Applicant contracts

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Each applicant, before being granted a loan, shall enter into
				a contract with the Commission agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which
				the loan shall be granted to him/her. Said contract shall include such terms
				and provisions as will carry out the full purpose and intent of the Oklahoma
				Community Matching Intern Resident Program; the form, therefore, shall be
				prepared and approved by the Attorney General. Said contracts shall be signed
				by the Executive Director on behalf of the Commission and by the applicant. The
				Commission is vested with full and complete authority and power to sue in its
				own name any applicant for any balance due the Commission on any contract. The
				Commission shall have authority to cancel any contract made between it and any
				recipient upon cause deemed sufficient by the Commission. Copies of the
				Oklahoma Community Matching Intern Resident Program contracts are available in
				the office of the Health Care Workforce Training Commission.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1780,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 40 - Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship Loan Program › Section 540:40-1-1 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall
				establish and administer a Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship
				Loan Program for the purpose of assisting Oklahoma's rural communities by
				providing financial assistance through a scholarship loan forgiveness program
				to
medical and osteopathic
residents enrolled in an accredited
				Family Practice or General Practice residency program.
[70:625.13(B)]
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1782,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 40 - Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship Loan Program › Section 540:40-1-2 - Statutory administration

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship Loan
				Program shall be administered by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission
				under the provisions of Section
				625.13 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
				Statutes.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1782,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 40 - Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship Loan Program › Section 540:40-1-3 - Terms and conditions of scholarship

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The terms and conditions governing the scholarship shall be as
				prescribed and formulated by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission, but
				shall include the conditions that each recipient shall match and sign an
				agreement with a community, approved by the Commission, on or before the end of
				the second year of residency training; shall schedule and complete one (1)
				month of elective rotation in the matched community during the third year of
				residency training; and upon completion of residency training, return to the
				matched community and practice medicine for one (1) month for each month the
				scholarship is financed. The contract shall provide that in the event the
				recipient breaches the terms of the contract by not serving the matched
				community for the specified period of time, the recipient shall pay liquidated
				damages in an amount not to exceed 100% of the principal. After payment of
				liquidated damages, repayment of the principal may be made in cash with
				interest at the rate of prime plus one per annum, said interest to accrue from
				the date each payment of funds pursuant to the scholarship is made.
				[70:625.13]
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1782,
				eff 5-11-98; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 1324, eff
				5-11-01
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 40 - Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship Loan Program › Section 540:40-1-4 - Eligibility; amount; method of payment

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The
			 Commission shall establish the eligibility standards [625.13(B)] for the award
			 of a scholarship when the following conditions are met:
(1) That the resident has not previously
			 received Health Care Workforce Training Commission money, either through the
			 Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Scholarship Loan Program, the Oklahoma
			 Community Physician Education Scholarship Loan Program, the Community Match
			 Intern Resident Program or the Family Practice/General Practice Resident Rural
			 Scholarship Program.
(2) That
			 he/she is accepted into and training full time in an accredited Family/General
			 Practice Residency Program in Oklahoma;
(3) That he/she desires to practice medicine
			 in a rural community in Oklahoma;
(4) That he/she agrees to select and match an
			 approved community on or before the end of the second year of residency
			 training and sign a practice agreement with the approved community;
			 and
(5) That he/she submits proof
			 that he/she has not accepted or will not accept any other scholarship
			 assistance which has a conflicting service obligation
			 requirement.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 40 - Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship Loan Program › Section 540:40-1-5 - Procedures for administering scholarships

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Commission shall promulgate and adopt procedures as may be
				necessary to carry out the administration of the scholarship program. The
				Commission shall delineate the following procedures:
(1)
Promulgation of information
			 concerning scholarships.
Every reasonable effort shall be made to
			 contact all medical/osteopathic students and family/general practice residents
			 being trained in the State of Oklahoma concerning the availability of the
			 scholarship.
(2)
Applications.
All interested family/general practice residents
			 shall file an application with the Health Care Workforce Training Commission.
			 This application can be submitted at any time during the year. Copy of the
			 application is available in the office of the Health Care Workforce Training
			 Commission.
(3)
Approval of
			 scholarship by the Commission.
Scholarship applications shall be
			 submitted to the Commission for approval at any regular Commission
			 meeting.
(4)
Renewal of
			 contracts.
The original scholarship shall be guaranteed for the initial
			 fiscal year, and automatically renewed each year thereafter contingent upon
			 funding from the Legislature.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1782,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 40 - Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship Loan Program › Section 540:40-1-6 - Repayment of scholarship loans

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Each recipient
			 shall repay the loan to the state and to the community by practicing medicine
			 full time in the community in Oklahoma providing matching funds, one month for
			 each month the loan was received, with no credit being granted for practicing
			 less than twelve (12) months. The period shall begin on the date the recipient
			 begins to practice medicine in the community.
(b) Repayment of the total amount of the
			 loan, plus principal, interest, litigation charges, and liquidated damages, up
			 to 100% of principal as assessed by the Health Care Workforce Training
			 Commission, upon failure of the recipient to fulfill his/her contractual
			 obligations, shall be made to the Commission. This loan repayment will be
			 shared with the participating community in accordance with the percentage and
			 total amounts contributed by the state and by the community to the matching
			 fund program and in accordance with the provisions of the contract requirements
			 delineated by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission.
(c) Monies received by the Commission in
			 repayment of scholarships granted from appropriated funds shall be deposited
			 with the State Treasurer who shall place the same to the credit of the
			 Commission in a depository fund. All monies so collected and deposited in the
			 State Treasury as aforesaid shall constitute a continuing fund, shall not be
			 subject to fiscal limitations, and the unexpended balance shall at all times be
			 available for expenditures for the purpose and in the manner and form provided
			 by this act. All funds and property, and income therefrom, received by the
			 Commission through the acceptance of gifts, grants, bequests or devise shall be
			 held by the Commission in trust, and may be sold, transferred, invested and
			 reinvested by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma
			 Trust Act, and all such funds and property, and income therefrom, shall be used
			 by the Commission in fulfilling and accomplishing the conditions and purposes
			 of the program.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1782,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 40 - Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship Loan Program › Section 540:40-1-7 - Applicant contracts

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Each applicant, before being granted a scholarship, shall
				enter into a contract with the Commission agreeing to the terms and conditions
				upon which the scholarship shall be granted to him/her. On or before the end of
				the second year of residency training, the recipient will select an approved
				community in Oklahoma and shall enter into an agreement with the Health Care
				Workforce Training Commission and the community. This agreement will be
				attached to the original contract signed by the recipient and the Health Care
				Workforce Training Commission. The recipient will fulfill their contractual
				obligation to the community as outlined in the original contract. Said contract
				and agreement shall include such terms and provisions as will carry out the
				full purpose and intent of the Family/General Practice Resident Rural
				Scholarship Loan Program; the form thereof shall be prepared and approved by
				the Attorney General. Said contracts shall be signed by the Executive Director
				on behalf of the Commission and by the applicant. The Commission is hereby
				vested with full and complete authority and power to sue in its own name any
				applicant for any balance due the Commission on any contract. The Commission
				shall have authority to cancel any contract made between it and any recipient
				of a scholarship upon cause deemed sufficient by the Commission. Copies of the
				Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship Loan Program contracts are
				available in the office of the Health Care Workforce Training
				Commission.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1782,
				eff 5-11-98; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 1324, eff
				5-11-01
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 40 - Family/General Practice Resident Rural Scholarship Loan Program › Section 540:40-1-8 - Annual reports to Governor and Legislature

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Commission shall make an annual report to the Governor and
				Legislature on the activities of the Commission. This report shall include the
				names of recipients and the amounts of the scholarship awards, an accounting of
				the funds expended on scholarships and on the administration of the program and
				a budget requesting the funds necessary for the operation of the Commission.
				The report shall also include an accounting of repayments of scholarships
				whether by services or in cash including principal, interest and liquidated
				damages.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 1782,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 45 - Physician Assistant Scholarship Program › Section 540:45-1-1 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall establish
				and administer a Physician Assistant Scholarship Program under the provisions
				of Section 697.21 Title 70 of the Oklahoma State Statutes.
The purpose
				of the program is to encourage persons to enter physician assistant education
				programs and to practice in rural and medically underserved areas of this
				state.
[70:697.21(a)]
Added at 22 Ok Reg 2780,
				eff 8-4-05 (emergency) (preemptive); Added at 23 Ok Reg 1107, eff
				5-11-06
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 45 - Physician Assistant Scholarship Program › Section 540:45-1-2 - Statutory administration

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Physician Assistant Scholarship Program shall be
				administered by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission pursuant to rules
				promulgated by the Commission and shall be funded based on an annual estimate
				of need as determined by the Commission.
[70:697.21(a)]
Added at 22 Ok Reg 2780,
				eff 8-4-05 (emergency) (preemptive); Added at 23 Ok Reg 1107, eff
				5-11-06
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 45 - Physician Assistant Scholarship Program › Section 540:45-1-3 - Terms and conditions of scholarship

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The terms and conditions governing the scholarship are to be
				as prescribed and formulated by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission,
				but includes the conditions that each recipient upon completion of the course
				of study, will repay the scholarship by practicing in a rural Oklahoma
				community outside the Oklahoma City and Tulsa Metropolitan Service Areas and
				having a need therefore, as determined by the Commission, for one month for
				each month the scholarship was received. The contract will provide that in the
				event the recipient breaches the terms of the contract by not serving in an
				approved community for the specified period of time, the recipient will pay
				liquidated damages in an amount not to exceed 100% of the principal. After
				payment of liquidated damages, repayment of the principal may be made in cash
				with
interest at a rate that equals the prime interest rate plus one
				percent (1%) from the date of disbursement of the funds
.
				[70:697.21(c)]
Added at 22 Ok Reg 2780,
				eff 8-4-05 (emergency) (preemptive); Added at 23 Ok Reg 1107, eff
				5-11-06
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 45 - Physician Assistant Scholarship Program › Section 540:45-1-4 - Eligibility; amount; method of payment

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Only students who have been admitted as a
			 student in an accredited physician assistant program shall be eligible to
			 participate in the Physician Assistant Scholarship Program. [70:697.21(b)]
(b) Applicants must also indicate
			 a desire and intent to practice in rural and medically underserved areas of
			 this state. [70:697.21(a)]
(c)
			 Applicants must submit proof that they are not currently obligated, and will
			 not become obligated, to any other scholarship assistance that has a
			 conflicting service obligation requirement.
(d) The number of and amount of each award
			 shall be determined by the Commission based on the availability of funds.
			 [70:697.21(a)]
(e) In the event a
			 physician assistant student begins participation in the scholarship program
			 after the beginning of an academic year, the Commission may approve retroactive
			 payment.
Added at 22 Ok Reg 2780,
				eff 8-4-05 (emergency) (preemptive); Added at 23 Ok Reg 1107, eff
				5-11-06
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 45 - Physician Assistant Scholarship Program › Section 540:45-1-5 - Procedures for administering scholarships

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Commission shall promulgate and adopt procedures as may be
				necessary to carry out the administration of the scholarship program. The
				Commission shall delineate the following procedures:
(1)
Promulgation of information
			 concerning scholarships.
Every reasonable effort shall be made to
			 contact all physician assistants being trained in the State of Oklahoma
			 concerning the availability of the scholarship.
(2)
Applications.
All interested
			 physician assistant students shall file an application with the Health Care
			 Workforce Training Commission. This application can be submitted at any time
			 during the year. Applications are available in the office of the Health Care
			 Workforce Training Commission.
(3)
Approval of scholarship by the Commission.
Scholarship
			 applications shall be submitted to the Commission for approval at any regular
			 Commission meeting. Applications will be reviewed in the order they are
			 received and will be approved or declined as determined by the
			 Commission.
(4)
Renewal of
			 contracts.
The original scholarship shall be guaranteed for the initial
			 fiscal year, and renewed each year thereafter contingent upon funding from the
			 Legislature, and continued approval of the Commission based on the students
			 academic performance and recommendation of the Director of the Physician
			 Assistant Program.
Added at 22 Ok Reg 2780,
				eff 8-4-05 (emergency) (preemptive); Added at 23 Ok Reg 1107, eff
				5-11-06
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 45 - Physician Assistant Scholarship Program › Section 540:45-1-6 - Repayment of scholarship loan

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Each recipient
			 shall repay the scholarship loan to the state by practicing full time in an
			 approved community in Oklahoma, one month for each month the scholarship loan
			 was received. The period shall begin on the date the recipient begins to
			 practice in the approved community.
(b) Repayment of the total amount of the
			 loan, plus principal, interest, litigation costs, and liquidated damages in an
			 amount up to 100% of principal as assessed by the Health Care Workforce
			 Training Commission, upon failure of the recipient to fulfill the contractual
			 obligations, shall be made payable to the Commission.
(c)
There is hereby created in the
			 State Treasury a revolving fund for the Health Care Workforce Training
			 Commission to be designated the "Physician Assistant Scholarship Fund". The
			 fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and
			 shall consist of all monies received by the Health Care Workforce Training
			 Commission for implementation of the Physician Assistant Scholarship Program.
			 All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may
			 be budgeted and expended by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission for
			 such scholarships as may be provided for pursuant to the Physician Assistant
			 Scholarship Program. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants
			 issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with
			 the Director of Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and
			 payment
. [70:697.21(d)]
Added at 22 Ok Reg 2780,
				eff 8-4-05 (emergency) (preemptive); Added at 23 Ok Reg 1107, eff
				5-11-06
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 45 - Physician Assistant Scholarship Program › Section 540:45-1-7 - Applicant contracts

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Each
			 applicant, before being granted a scholarship, shall enter into a contract with
			 the Commission agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the scholarship
			 shall be granted to the applicant.
(b) The recipient shall fulfill their
			 contractual obligation to a qualifying community as outlined in the original
			 contract.
(c) The contract shall
			 include such terms and provisions as will carry out the full purpose and intent
			 of the Physician Assistant Scholarship Program, and shall be in a form prepared
			 and approved by the Attorney General.
(d) The contract shall be signed by the
			 Executive Director on behalf of the Commission, and by the applicant. In the
			 event the applicant is married, the contract shall also be cosigned by the
			 applicant's spouse.
(e) The
			 Commission may file suit against any recipient, and cosigner if applicable, for
			 any balance due the Commission on any contract. The Commission may cancel any
			 contract made between it and any recipient of a scholarship upon cause deemed
			 sufficient by the Commission.
(f)
			 The Commission shall maintain copies of the Physician Assistant Scholarship
			 Program contracts in its offices.
Added at 22 Ok Reg 2780,
				eff 8-4-05 (emergency) (preemptive); Added at 23 Ok Reg 1107, eff
				5-11-06
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 45 - Physician Assistant Scholarship Program › Section 540:45-1-8 - Annual reports to Governor and Legislature

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The Commission shall make an annual report to the Governor and
				Legislature on the activities of the Physician Assistant Program. This report
				shall include the names of recipients, an accounting of the funds expended on
				scholarships and on the administration of the program.
Added at 22 Ok Reg 2780,
				eff 8-4-05 (emergency) (preemptive); Added at 23 Ok Reg 1107, eff
				5-11-06
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 50 - Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program › Section 540:50-1-1 - Purpose

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The purpose of the Physician and Physician Assistant Loan
				Repayment Programs (PLRP) and (PALRP) is to provide financial assistance to
				physicians and physician assistants in repaying educational loans when they
				elect to provide health care in rural and underserved areas of Oklahoma. The
				Programs, depending upon and limited to available funding, shall provide
				educational loan repayment assistance to Oklahoma licensed primary care
				physicians and physician assistants who agree to establish a practice in a
				community located in Oklahoma approved by the Commission. [63:1-2721(A)(5)]
Added at 29 Ok Reg 893, eff 7-1-12 (emergency) ; Added at 30
				  Ok Reg 859, eff 6-14-13
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 50 - Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program › Section 540:50-1-2 - Statutory administration

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The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall administer
				the Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program. [63:1-2721(A)(1)] The Oklahoma
				Medical Loan Repayment Program shall be administered by the Health Care
				Workforce Training Commission pursuant to rules promulgated by the Commission
				and shall be funded based on an annual estimate of need as determined by the
				Commission and the actual funds available to the Program for
				expenditure.
Added at 29 Ok Reg 893, eff 7-1-12 (emergency) ; Added at 30
				  Ok Reg 859, eff 6-14-13
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 50 - Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program › Section 540:50-1-3 - Terms and conditions of loans

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(a) The terms and
			 conditions governing the Programs shall be as prescribed and formulated by the
			 Health Care Workforce Training Commission. The physician or physician assistant
			 shall agree to practice in the designated need areas identified by the
			 Commission as a condition of the loan repayment. If the physician or physician
			 assistant does not fulfill the service obligation, or doesn't comply with the
			 reporting requirements, the Commission may discontinue the payments beginning
			 with the current year, and may remove the physician or physician assistant from
			 the Program.
(b) Physicians and
			 physician assistants must submit proof that they are not currently obligated,
			 and will not become obligated, to any other repayment program that has a
			 conflicting service obligation.
Added at 29 Ok Reg 893, eff 7-1-12 (emergency) ; Added at 30
				  Ok Reg 859, eff 6-14-13
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 50 - Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program › Section 540:50-1-4 - Eligibility

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(a) A physician or
			 physician assistant shall be eligible to participate in the PLRP or PALRP if
			 the physicianor physician assistant:
(1) Is
			 licensed to practice medicine in Oklahoma;
(2) Is a new primary care residency
			 graduate/Physician Assistant school graduate; or
(3) Is a current practicing physician or
			 physician assistant and has met criteria established by the Commission.
			 [63:1-2721(C)(1-3)]
(4) Agree to
			 provide medical care and services to Medicaid and Medicare recipients as
			 authorized by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority [63:1-2721(B)]
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 50 - Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program › Section 540:50-1-5 - Amount and method of payment

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(a) Physicians and physician assistants would
			 have to provide documentation of legitimate educational debt in the amount of
			 $200,000/$60,000 or above to receive the maximum amount available. If total
			 debt is less than $200,000/$60,000 a contract would be tailored, on a prorated
			 basis, to provide an amount not to exceed legitimate educational debt of the
			 physician or physician assistant. Prior to any disbursement, the Commission
			 will certify and properly review reports submitted by the participating
			 physician or physician assistant detailing performance of activities in
			 accordance with the Program. [63:1-2721(A)(6)]
(b) Maximum amounts of financial assistance
			 first year $50,000/$10,000; second year $50,000/$20,000; third year
			 $50,000/$30,000; and fourth year $50,000 physicians only. Payments would be
			 made after the physician or physician assistant completed the first year and on
			 each anniversary thereafter, up to a maximum of four years. The Commission will
			 review the performance in the Program of the participating physician or
			 physician assistant and determine whether an award may be granted for
			 additional years pursuant to rules. [63:1-2727(A)(7)]
Added at 29 Ok Reg 893, eff 7-1-12 (emergency) ; Added at 30
				  Ok Reg 8589, eff 6-14-13
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 50 - Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program › Section 540:50-1-6 - Procedures for administering loans

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The Commission shall promulgate and adopt procedures as may be
				necessary to carry out the administration of the program. The Commission shall
				delineate the following procedures:
(1)
Promulgation of information
			 concerning loans.
Every reasonable effort shall be made to contact all
			 eligible physicians or physician assistants concerning the availability of the
			 program. Preference will be given to graduates of the primary care residency
			 programs affiliated with the Oklahoma State University of College of
			 Osteopathic Medicine, the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and the
			 teaching hospitals affiliated with both schools of medicine and teaching health
			 centers located in this state. [63:1-2721(C)(2)]
(2)
Applications.
All interested
			 physicians or physician assistants shall file an application with the Health
			 Care Workforce Training Commission. This application can be submitted at any
			 time during the year. Applications are available at
www.pmtc.ok.gov
and in the office of the
			 Health Care Workforce Training Commission.
(3)
Approval by the Commission.
Applications shall be submitted to the Commission for approval at any regular
			 Commission meeting. Applications will be reviewed in the order they are
			 received and will be approved or denied as determined by the Commission.
(4)
Renewal of
			 contracts.
The original contract shall be guaranteed for the initial
			 year, and renewed each anniversary thereafter contingent upon available
			 funding.
Added at 29 Ok Reg 893, eff 7-1-12 (emergency) ; Added at 30
				  Ok Reg 859, eff 6-14-13
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 50 - Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program › Section 540:50-1-7 - Repayment by practice or repayment of monies received

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(a) Each physician or physician assistant
			 shall repay the financial assistance received by practicing full time in an
			 approved community in Oklahoma. The period shall begin on the date the
			 physician or physician assistant begins to practice in the approved
			 community.
(b) Repayment of the
			 total amount received, plus interest, and litigation costs as assessed by the
			 Commission, upon failure of the physician or physician assistant to fulfill the
			 contractual obligations, shall be made payable to the Commission.
Added at 29 Ok Reg 893, eff 7-1-12 (emergency) ; Added at 30
				  Ok Reg 860, eff 6-14-13
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 50 - Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program › Section 540:50-1-8 - Applicant contracts

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(a) Each
			 physician or physician assistant shall enter into a contract with the
			 Commission agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which financial assistance
			 shall be granted to the physicianor physician assistant.
(b) The physician or physician assistant
			 shall fulfill their contractual obligation to a qualifying community as
			 outlined in the original contract.
(c) The contract shall include such terms and
			 provisions as will carry out the full purpose and intent of the Program, and
			 shall be in a form prepared and approved by the Attorney General.
(d) The contract shall be signed by the
			 Executive Director on behalf of the Commission, and by the applicant.
(e) The Commission may cancel any
			 contract made between it and any physician or physician assistant upon cause
			 deemed sufficient by the Commission.
(f) The Commission shall maintain copies of
			 the contracts in its offices.
Added at 29 Ok Reg 893, eff 7-1-12 (emergency) ; Added at 30
				  Ok Reg 860, eff 6-14-13
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 50 - Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program › Section 540:50-1-9 - Annual reports to Governor and Legislature

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The Commission shall present a report on the operation of the
				Program to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
				President Pro Tempore of the Senate within one (1) month of the beginning of
				each regular session of the Legislature, including but not limited to the
				progress made in accomplishing the goal of the Program . [63:1-2721(E)]
Added at 29 Ok Reg 893, eff 7-1-12 (emergency) ; Added at 30
				  Ok Reg 860, eff 6-14-13
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 55 - Health Care Workforce Development Grant Program › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 540:55-1-1 - Purpose

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The purpose of the Health Care Workforce Development Grant
				  program is to use federal funds distributed to the State of Oklahoma pursuant
				  to the American Rescue Plan Act,
				  Pub. L. No.
				  117-2 (Mar. 11, 2021) ("ARPA"), to help recruit,
				  educate, and stabilize Oklahoma's health care workforce. The Oklahoma
				  Legislature designated the Health Care Workforce Training Commission ("HWTC")
				  as a pass-through entity through which federal ARPA funding will be further
				  distributed to grantees for specific health care workforce projects, including,
				  but not limited to, capital improvements to nursing schools. See S.B. 1458,
				  58th Leg., 2d Reg. Sess. (Okla. 2022) (enacted); S.B. 8xx, 58th Leg., 2d Spec.
				  Sess. (Okla. 2022) (enacted); S.B. 9xx, 58th Leg., 2d Spec. Sess. (Okla. 2022)
				  (enacted); S.B. 10xx, 58th Leg., 2d Spec. Sess. (Okla. 2022) (enacted); S.B.
				  17xx, 58th Leg., 2d Spec. Sess. (Okla. 2022) (enacted); and H.B. 1025, 58th
				  Leg., 2d Spec. Sess. (Okla. 2022) (enacted).
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 55 - Health Care Workforce Development Grant Program › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 540:55-1-2 - Definitions

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When used in this chapter, the following words or terms shall
				  have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"ARPA"
means the American Rescue Plan Act,
				  Pub. L. No.
				  117-2 (Mar. 11, 2021), as amended.
"C.F.R."
means Code of Federal Regulations,
				  available at
http://www.ecfr.gov
.
"Grantee"
means a recipient of ARPA funds
				  awarded through the Health Care Workforce Development Grant program, regardless
				  of whether the recipient is a "pass-through entity" or "subrecipient."
"HWTC"
or
"the Commission"
means
				  Health Care Workforce Training Commission.
"OMES"
means Office of Management and Enterprise
				  Services.
"Pass-through entity"
or
"PTE"
means a non-federal entity that provides a subaward to a subrecipient to carry
				  out part of a federal program, consistent with the definition at
				  2 C.F.R., §
										200.1.
"SAM"
means System for Award Management.
"Subrecipient"
means an entity that receives a
				  subaward from a pass-through entity to carry out part of a federal award, but
				  does not include an individual that is a beneficiary of such award, consistent
				  with the definition at 2
				  C.F.R., §
										200.1.
"U.S. Treasury"
means United States Department
				  of the Treasury.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 55 - Health Care Workforce Development Grant Program › Subchapter 3 - Program Administration › Section 540:55-3-1 - System for Award Management ("SAM")

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All eligible grantees must have an active registration with
				  SAM.gov pursuant to Part 25 of Title 2 of the C.F.R. This registration must be
				  active prior to the submission of mandatory reporting.