(a)
(1) If an alternate on the waiting list for acceptance to the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences demonstrates a willingness to enter into a rural medical practice loan contract and meets the requirements of § 6-81-706, the applicant shall be moved to the top of the waiting list upon entering into a rural medical practice loan contract.
(2) The priority on the waiting list for those alternates who enter into a rural medical practice loan contract shall be determined by the date and time such alternate enters into the rural medical practice loan contract.
(b) The college shall meet the requirements set forth at § 6-64-406 for allocation of enrollment positions for medical students among congressional districts before accepting for admission an alternate who has entered into a rural medical practice loan contract with the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs
Subchapter 7 - Rural Medical Practice Student Loans and Scholarships
§ 6-81-702. Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board
§ 6-81-703. Loan applications — Medical students and medical school graduates
§ 6-81-704. Medical students — Investigation after application
§ 6-81-705. Medical students — Purpose of loan
§ 6-81-706. Medical students — Eligibility for initial and renewal loans
§ 6-81-707. Maximum amount of loans
§ 6-81-708. Loan contracts — Rural Medical Practice Loans — Obligations and conditions
§ 6-81-714. Dispute resolution — Determination of breach
§ 6-81-715. Medical school graduates — Community match contract — Eligibility
§ 6-81-716. Medical school graduates — Community match contract — Obligations and conditions
§ 6-81-718. Medical school alternates — Rural medical practice loans
§ 6-81-719. Tracking loan contract compliance
§ 6-81-720. Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program administrator