Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 575 - HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMISSION, OFFICE OF STUDENT ACCESS AND COMPLETION › Division 71 - RURAL HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM › Section 575-071-0040 - Terms of Agreement

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Prospective physicians, pharmacists, dentists, physician
				assistants, and nurse practitioners who wish to participate in the Rural Health
				Services Program shall agree that:
(1) For each year of medical, pharmacy,
			 dental, physician assistant, or graduate school, the applicant shall designate
			 an amount from the student loans borrowed by him or her, not to exceed $25,000
			 as a qualifying loan subject to repayment through this program.
(2) In the time period immediately following
			 the completion of all residency requirements or the time period immediately
			 following the execution of a Rural Health Services Agreement, whichever comes
			 later, a physician or dentist applying to participate in the Rural Health
			 Services Program agrees to practice full-time in a 'qualifying practice site'
			 for at least three full years.
(3)
			 For not less than three years, nor more than five years, that a physician or
			 dentist participating in the Rural Health Services Program serves in a
			 'qualifying practice site', the Commission shall annually pay to the
			 participant an amount that is a percentage of the total of all qualifying loans
			 through the programs described in ORS 442.550.
(4) In the time period immediately following
			 the completion of all pharmacy residency requirements or the five years
			 following the execution of a Rural Health Services agreement with the
			 Commission, whichever comes later, a pharmacist agrees to practice for at least
			 three full years in a 'qualifying practice site'.
(5) For not less than three nor more than
			 five years that a pharmacist serves in a 'qualifying practice site', the
			 commission shall annually pay an amount that is a percentage of the total of
			 all qualifying loans made to the pharmacist through the programs described in
			 ORS 442.550.
(6) In the time
			 period immediately following the completion of physician assistant or graduate
			 school or the time period immediately following the execution of a Rural Health
			 Services Agreement, whichever comes later, a physician assistant or nurse
			 practitioner applying to participate in the Rural Health Services Program
			 agrees to practice full-time in a 'qualifying practice site' for at least two
			 full years.
(7) For not less than
			 two nor more than four years that a physician assistant or nurse practitioner
			 practices in a 'qualifying practice site', the Commission shall annually pay to
			 the participant an amount that is a percentage of the total of all qualifying
			 loans through the programs described in ORS 442.550.
(8) If the participant does not complete the
			 full service obligation set forth in section (2), (4) or (6) of this rule, the
			 Commission shall collect 100 percent of any payments made by the Commission to
			 the participant under this program. In addition, a penalty equal to 50 percent
			 of the qualifying loans and interest paid by the Commission shall be assessed
			 by the Commission, to be credited to and deposited in the Rural Health Services
			 Fund established under ORS 442.570.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 442.560, SB 81, Sec. 53 & SB 404
Stats. Implemented: ORS 442.470 & 442.550 -
				  442.570