34-12G-5. Rural community agreement for payment of recruitment assistance.
Any agreement for the payment of recruitment assistance pursuant to §§34-12G-1 to 34-12G-9, inclusive, shall obligate the rural community to be served by a physician, dentist, physician assistant, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife to provide a portion of the total amount of the incentive payment, based on the following criteria: communities of two thousand five hundred persons or less shall provide twenty-five percent of incentive payments; communities of more than two thousand five hundred persons and less than five thousand persons shall provide fifty percent of incentive payments; and all remaining eligible communities shall provide seventy-five percent of incentive payments. When the rural community certifies to the secretary of health that it has paid the full amount for which it is obligated, the secretary of the Department of Health shall pay to the physician, dentist, physician assistant, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife the remaining balance of the total incentive payment amount. The secretary shall pay the required amount out of funds appropriated by the Legislature for such purpose. The incentive payment shall be paid upon completion of the required three-year practice period by the physician, dentist, physician assistant, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife. However, a community may pay its portion of the incentive payment at any time during the three-year period.
Source: SL 2012, ch 179, §5; SL 2017, ch 171, §50.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 12G - Rural Health Care Recruitment Assistance
Section 34-12G-1 - Program to assist rural communities recruit health care professionals.
Section 34-12G-2 - Eligible rural communities.
Section 34-12G-3 - Eligible health care professionals.
Section 34-12G-4 - Incentive payment.
Section 34-12G-5 - Rural community agreement for payment of recruitment assistance.
Section 34-12G-6 - Appropriation of funds.
Section 34-12G-7 - Agreement to be approved by secretary of health.
Section 34-12G-8 - Restrictions on participation.
Section 34-12G-9 - Program participant to be medical assistance provider.
Section 34-12G-11 - Eligible rural health care facilities.
Section 34-12G-12 - Eligible health care professionals.
Section 34-12G-13 - Incentive payment.
Section 34-12G-14 - Rural health care facility agreement for payment of recruitment assistance.
Section 34-12G-15 - Agreement to be approved by secretary of health.
Section 34-12G-16 - Restrictions on participation.
Section 34-12G-17 - Participating rural health care facility to be medical assistance provider.