Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 508 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE VIRGINIA PHYSICIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM › Part I - Definitions › Section 12VAC5-508-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Approved residency" means a graduate medical education
					 program in family practice medicine, general internal medicine, pediatric
					 medicine, or obstetrics and gynecology approved by the board. In determining
					 whether a course of study is acceptable, the board may consider the reputation
					 of the program and whether it is approved or accredited by (i) a regional or
					 national educational or professional association, including such organizations
					 as the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Liaison Committee
					 on Medical Education, Council on Postgraduate Training of the American
					 Osteopathic Association, Council on Osteopathic College Accreditation, College
					 of Family Physicians of Canada, Committee for the Accreditation of Canadian
					 Medical Schools, Education Commission on Foreign Medical Graduates, or Royal
					 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or their appropriate subsidiary
					 agencies; (ii) any appropriate agency of the United States government; or (iii)
					 any other organization approved by the board.
"Board" or "Board of Health" means the State Board of
					 Health.
"Commercial loans" means loans made by banks, credit
					 unions, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, schools, and either
					 financial or credit institutions that are subject to examination and
					 supervision in their capacity as lenders by an agency of the United States or
					 of the state in which the lender has its principal place of business.
"Commissioner" means the State Health Commissioner.
"Department" means Virginia Department of Health.
"Full-time" means at least 32 hours per week for 45 weeks
					 per year.
"Geriatrics fellowship" means a geriatrics subspecialty
					 training program following residency approved by the board. In determining
					 whether a course of study is acceptable, the board may consider the reputation
					 of the program and whether it is approved or accredited by (i) a regional or
					 national educational or professional association, including such organizations
					 as the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Liaison Committee
					 on Medical Education, Council on Postgraduate Training of the American
					 Osteopathic Association, Council on Osteopathic College Accreditation, College
					 of Family Physicians of Canada, Committee for the Accreditation of Canadian
					 Medical Schools, Education Commission on Foreign Medical Graduates, or Royal
					 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or their appropriate subsidiary
					 agencies; (ii) any appropriate agency of the United States government; or (iii)
					 any other organization approved by the board.
"Health professional shortage area" or "HPSA" means anarea
					 in Virginia designated by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services as
					 having a shortage of health professionals in accordance with the procedures of
					 the Public Health Service Act (
					 42 USC §
											254e ) and implementing regulations (42 CFR
					 Part 5).
" Participant" means an eligible primary care physician or
					 a physician currently employed in a geriatrics fellowship who enters into a
					 contract with the commissioner and participates in the loan repayment
					 program.
"Penalty" means twice the amount of all monetary payments
					 paid to the participant, less any service obligation completed.
"Practice" means the practice of medicine by a participant
					 in a geriatrics fellowship or in one of the designated primary care specialties
					 in a specific area determined to fulfill the r participant's loan repayment
					 obligation.
"Primary care" means the specialties of family practice
					 medicine, general internal medicine, pediatric medicine, and obstetrics and
					 gynecology.
"Reasonable educational expenses" means the costs of
					 education, exclusive of tuition, that are considered to be required by the
					 school's degree program or an eligible program of study, such as fees for room,
					 board, transportation and commuting costs, books, supplies, educational
					 equipment and materials, and travel that was a part of the estimated student
					 budget of the school in which the participant was enrolled.
"State or local institution" means any Virginia state
					 agency or local government agency that may require services of a primary care
					 practitioner. This includes, but is not limited to, the Department of Health,
					 the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department
					 of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and local community
					 services boards.
"Virginia medically underserved area" or "VMUA" means an
					 area in Virginia designated by the State Board of Health in accordance with the
					 Rules and Regulations for the Identification of Medically Underserved Areas in
					 Virginia (12VAC5-540) and § 32.1-122.5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Statutory Authority: §§ 32.1-12 and
						32.1-122.6:1 of the Code of Virginia.