Sec. 9. In order to be eligible for loan repayment for student loans, a health care professional must meet all of the following conditions:
(1) Hold an unlimited license to practice a health care profession in Indiana that has been declared by the state department to be eligible for loan repayment in a specified fiscal year.
(2) Practice in a shortage area in a health care profession that has been declared eligible by the state department for loan repayment in a specified fiscal year.
(3) Either:
(A) enter into an agreement with the state department; or
(B) provide the state department with a copy of an agreement that the health professional has entered into with a provider in a shortage area;
to practice in the shortage area for at least one (1) year.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-6-7.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.6; P.L.122-2012, SEC.9.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 46. State Health Grants and Programs
Chapter 5. Indiana Health Care Professional Recruitment and Retention Fund
16-46-5-1. Community or Migrant Health Center
16-46-5-5. Maternal and Child Health Clinic
16-46-5-7. Designation of Areas Underserved by Health Care Professionals
16-46-5-8. Establishment and Use of Fund
16-46-5-9. Health Care Professional Eligible for Loan Repayment
16-46-5-12. Determination of Eligibility and Extent of Shortages
16-46-5-13.5. Annual Loan Repayment for Student Grants