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Division 144—Special measures for location‑preferred HELP debtors—health practitioners

144‑1  Meaning of location‑preferred HELP debtor (health practitioner)
 (1) A person is a location‑preferred HELP debtor (health practitioner) in relation to a *course of study if:
 (a) the person has completed the course of study; and
 (b) the course of study is covered by subsection (2); and
 (c) the person incurred a *HECS‑HELP debt or a *FEE‑HELP debt in relation to the course of study; and
 (d) the person holds the registration or accreditation as a kind of health practitioner for the course of study specified by the HELP Debtor Guidelines (Health Practitioners) (the Guidelines) for the purposes of this paragraph; and
 (e) the person carries out work as that kind of health practitioner in the circumstances (if any) specified by the Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph; and
 (f) the work is carried out in an area specified by the Guidelines, by reference to the *ABS Remoteness Structure, as a rural area, a remote area or a very remote area for the purposes of this paragraph; and
 (g) the number of hours during which the person carries out work is not less than the minimum number of hours (if any) specified for a health practitioner of that kind by the Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph; and
 (h) the person satisfies any other applicable requirements specified by the Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph.

Eligible courses of study
 (2) For the purposes of this Division, a *course of study is covered by this subsection if:
 (a) it is a *course of study in medicine specified by the Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph; or
 (b) it is a course of study:
 (i) the completion of which would allow a person to be registered as a nurse practitioner within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act 1973; and
 (ii) that is specified by the Guidelines for the purposes of this subparagraph; or
 (c) it is a course of study otherwise specified by the Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph.

HELP Debtor Guidelines (Health Practitioners)
 (3) Without limiting subsection 238‑10(1), the Guidelines may set out:
 (a) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out work as a *location‑preferred HELP debtor (health practitioner) as a particular kind of health practitioner; or
 (b) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out such work in a rural area, a remote area or a very remote area; or
 (c) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to be a location‑preferred HELP debtor (health practitioner) in relation to a