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Arkansas House Bill HB1747

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4-State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H4/3/23 1
4+State of Arkansas 1
55 94th General Assembly A Bill 2
66 Regular Session, 2023 HOUSE BILL 1747 3
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88 By: Representative McAlindon 5
99 6
1010 For An Act To Be Entitled 7
1111 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CON CERNING RURAL MEDICA L 8
1212 PRACTICE STUDENT LOA NS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; TO AMEND THE 9
1313 LAW TO INCLUDE STUDE NTS ENROLLED IN ADDI TIONAL 10
1414 MEDICAL PROGRAMS AS ELIGIBLE FOR RECEIPT OF RURAL 11
1515 MEDICAL PRACTICE LOA NS; AND FOR OTHER PU RPOSES. 12
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1818 Subtitle 15
1919 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RURAL MEDICAL 16
2020 PRACTICE STUDENT LOANS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; 17
2121 AND TO AMEND THE LAW TO INCLUDE STUDENTS 18
2222 ENROLLED IN ADDITIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS 19
2323 AS ELIGIBLE FOR RECEIPT OF RURAL MEDICAL 20
2424 PRACTICE LOANS. 21
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2727 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24
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2929 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 6 -81-703 is amended to read as follows: 26
3030 6-81-703. Loan applications — Medical students and medical school 27
3131 graduates Eligible applicants. 28
3232 (a) Any student accepted for admission to or enro lled in good standing 29
3333 in the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 30
3434 in studies leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine who is a bona fide 31
3535 resident of Arkansas and meets at least one (1) of the following eligibility 32
3636 criteria may apply for a loan under this subchapter on forms prescribed by 33
37-the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board : 34
38- (1) A student who has been accepted for admission to or is 35
39-enrolled in good standing i n the College of Medicine of the University of 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1747
37+the Arkansas Rural Medically Underserved Population Medical Practice Student 34
38+Loan and Scholarship Board : 35
39+ (1) A student who has been accepted for admission to or is 36 HB1747
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44-Arkansas for Medical Sciences in studies leading to the degree of Doctor of 1
45-Medicine; 2
46- (2) A student who has been accepted for admission to or is 3
47-enrolled in good standing in an educational program for physi cian assistants 4
48-accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the 5
49-Physician Assistant, Inc. or its successor, as required for licensing 6
50-purposes under § 17-105-101 et seq.; or 7
51- (3) A student who has been accepted for admission to or is 8
52-enrolled in good standing in a regionally accredited United States college or 9
53-university with a program in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, 10
54-or food systems management, as required for licensing purposes under § 17 -87-11
55-301 et seq. 12
56- (b) A graduate of the College of Medicine of the University of 13
57-Arkansas for Medical Sciences or any accredited medical school in the United 14
58-States may apply for the community match income incentive program under this 15
59-subchapter on forms prescribed by the board so long as the applicant 16
60-satisfies the criteria set forth in § 6 -81-715. 17
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62- SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 6 -81-706 is amended to read as follows: 19
63- 6-81-706. Medical students Applicants — Eligibility for initial and 20
64-renewal loans. 21
65- (a) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship 22
66-Board may make rural medical practice loans to the an applicant, each rural 23
67-medical practice loan being expressly made subject to the provisions of § 6 -24
68-81-708(c) and § 6-81-710, if it finds that: 25
69- (1) The applicant is a bona fide resident of Arkansas; 26
70- (2) The applicant has been accepted for admission to or is 27
71-enrolled in good standing in the College of Medicine of the University of 28
72-Arkansas for Medical Sciences in studies leading to the degree of Doctor of 29
73-Medicine is a student who has been accepted for admission to or is enrolled 30
74-in good standing in: 31
75- (A) The College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas 32
76-for Medical Sciences in studies leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine; 33
77- (B) An educational program for physician assistants 34
78-located in the State of Arkansas and accredited by the Accreditation Review 35
79-Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. or its successor, 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1747
44+enrolled in good standing in the College of Medicine of the University of 1
45+Arkansas for Medical Sciences in studies leading to the degree of Doctor of 2
46+Medicine; 3
47+ (2) A student who has been accepted for admission to or is 4
48+enrolled in good standing in an educational program f or physician assistants 5
49+accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the 6
50+Physician Assistant, Inc. or its successor, as required for licensing 7
51+purposes under § 17-105-101 et seq.; or 8
52+ (3) A student who has been accepted for admissio n to or is 9
53+enrolled in good standing in a regionally accredited United States college or 10
54+university with a program in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, 11
55+or food systems management, as required for licensing purposes under § 17 -87-12
56+301 et seq. 13
57+ (b) A graduate of the College of Medicine of the University of 14
58+Arkansas for Medical Sciences or any accredited medical school in the United 15
59+States may apply for the community match income incentive program under this 16
60+subchapter on forms prescribed by the board so long as the applicant 17
61+satisfies the criteria set forth in § 6 -81-715. 18
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63+ SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 6 -81-706 is amended to read as follows: 20
64+ 6-81-706. Medical students Applicants — Eligibility for initial and 21
65+renewal loans. 22
66+ (a) The Arkansas Rural Medically Underserved Population Medical 23
67+Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board may make rural medically 24
68+underserved population medical practice loans to the an applicant, each rural 25
69+medically underserved population medical practice loan being expre ssly made 26
70+subject to the provisions of § 6 -81-708(c) and § 6-81-710, if it finds that: 27
71+ (1) The applicant is a bona fide resident of Arkansas; 28
72+ (2) The applicant has been accepted for admission to or is 29
73+enrolled in good standing in the College of Medic ine of the University of 30
74+Arkansas for Medical Sciences in studies leading to the degree of Doctor of 31
75+Medicine is a student who has been accepted for admission to or is enrolled 32
76+in good standing in: 33
77+ (A) The College of Medicine of the University of Arkan sas 34
78+for Medical Sciences in studies leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine; 35
79+ (B) An educational program for physician assistants 36 HB1747
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84-as required for licensing purposes under § 17 -105-101 et seq.; or 1
85- (C) A regionally accredited United States college or 2
86-university located in the State of Arkansas with a program in human 3
87-nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food systems management, as 4
88-required for licensing purposes under § 17 -87-301 et seq.; 5
89- (3) The applicant is enrolled in a medically underserved and 6
90-rural practice curriculum, as applicable to the college or educational 7
91-program for which an applicant has been accepted for admission or in which an 8
92-applicant is enrolled in go od standing; 9
93- (4) The applicant needs financial assistance to complete his or 10
94-her medical studies; 11
95- (5) The applicant desires to practice medicine in an eligible 12
96-qualified rural community; and 13
97- (6) The applicant is a person of good moral character an d one 14
98-who has the talent and capacity to profit by medical studies. 15
99- (b) Subject to the availability of funds, an initial rural medical 16
100-practice loan for one (1) academic year shall be renewable annually for the 17
101-number of years required to complete studie s leading to the Doctor of 18
102-Medicine a degree necessary for an eligible profession under this subchapter 19
103-or for additional amounts, not to exceed the maximum amounts specified in § 20
104-6-81-707, but all subsequent rural medical practice loans shall be granted 21
105-only upon application by the recipient and a finding by the board that: 22
106- (1) The applicant has completed successfully the medical 23
107-required studies of the preceding academic year and remains in good standing 24
108-as an enrolled student in the college or educational program; 25
109- (2) The applicant is enrolled or participating in a medically 26
110-underserved and rural practice curriculum, as applicable to the college or 27
111-educational program for which an applicant has been accepted for admission or 28
112-in which an applicant is enrolled in good standing ; 29
113- (3) The applicant continues to be a resident of Arkansas; and 30
114- (4) The applicant's financial situation continues to warrant 31
115-financial assistance made under the conditions of this section. 32
116- 33
117- SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 6 -81-708(c), concerning obligations and 34
118-conditions incorporated into a written loan contract granted by the Arkansas 35
119-Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board, is amended to read 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1747
84+located in the State of Arkansas and accredited by the Accreditation Review 1
85+Commission on Education for the Physician A ssistant, Inc. or its successor, 2
86+as required for licensing purposes under § 17 -105-101 et seq.; or 3
87+ (C) A regionally accredited United States college or 4
88+university located in the State of Arkansas with a program in human 5
89+nutrition, food and nutrition, d ietetics, or food systems management, as 6
90+required for licensing purposes under § 17 -87-301 et seq.; 7
91+ (3) The applicant is enrolled in a medically underserved and 8
92+rural practice curriculum, as applicable to the college or educational 9
93+program for which an applicant has been accepted for admission or in which an 10
94+applicant is enrolled in good standing ; 11
95+ (4) The applicant needs financial assistance to complete his or 12
96+her medical studies; 13
97+ (5) The applicant desires to practice medicine in an eligible 14
98+qualified rural a community with a medically underserved population ; and 15
99+ (6) The applicant is a person of good moral character and one 16
100+who has the talent and capacity to profit by medical studies. 17
101+ (b) Subject to the availability of funds, an initial rural medically 18
102+underserved population medical practice loan for one (1) academic year shall 19
103+be renewable annually for the number of years required to complete studies 20
104+leading to the Doctor of Medicine a degree necessary for an eligible 21
105+profession under this subc hapter or for additional amounts, not to exceed the 22
106+maximum amounts specified in § 6 -81-707, but all subsequent rural medically 23
107+underserved population medical practice loans shall be granted only upon 24
108+application by the recipient and a finding by the board that: 25
109+ (1) The applicant has completed successfully the medical 26
110+required studies of the preceding academic year and remains in good standing 27
111+as an enrolled student in the college or educational program ; 28
112+ (2) The applicant is enrolled or participating in a medically 29
113+underserved and rural practice curriculum, as applicable to the college or 30
114+educational program for which an applicant has been accepted for admission or 31
115+in which an applicant is enrolled in goo d standing; 32
116+ (3) The applicant continues to be a resident of Arkansas; and 33
117+ (4) The applicant's financial situation continues to warrant 34
118+financial assistance made under the conditions of this section. 35
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124-as follows: 1
125- (c) Each applicant to whom a rural medical practice loan or loans is 2
126-granted by the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship 3
127-Board shall execute a written loan contract that incorporates the following 4
128-obligations and conditions: 5
129- (1)(A) The recipient of a rural medical practice loan or loans 6
130-shall bindingly contract that he or she shall practice primary care medicine 7
131-full time in a qualified rural community upon completion of: 8
132- (i) For students who have been accepted for 9
133-admission to or are enrolled in good standing in the College of Medicine of 10
134-the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in studies leading to the 11
135-degree of Doctor of Medicine: 12
136- (i)(a) His or her medical internship of one (1) year 13
137-undertaken immediately following the earning of the degree of Doctor of 14
138-Medicine; 15
139- (ii)(b) Four (4) additional years of medical 16
140-training beyond the internship if the training has been approved in advance 17
141-by the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board and 18
142-includes practice experience in a rural community; or 19
143- (iii)(c) At the request of the recipient of a rural medical practice 20
144-loan, the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board 21
145-may approve the recipient's request to practice in more than one (1) 22
146-qualified rural community to meet his or her obligation to practice full time 23
147-if the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board 24
148-determines, based upon guidelines established by the Arkansas Rural Medical 25
149-Practice Student Loan and Sc holarship Board, that the physician need in the 26
150-rural communities cannot sustain a full -time medical practice or that other 27
151-compelling circumstances exist ; and 28
152- (ii) For students who have been accepted for 29
153-admission to or are enrolled in good standing in a college or educational 30
154-program under §§ 6-81-706(a)(2)(B) or (C), the educational program and 31
155-accompanying requirements in which the students are enrolled . 32
156- (B) The recipient of a rural medical practice loan or 33
157-loans shall bindingly contract that for each year's loan he or she shall 34
158-practice medicine in accordance with subdivision (c)(1)(A) of this section 35
159-for a whole year. 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1747
124+ SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 6 -81-708(c), concerning obligations and 1
125+conditions incorporated into a written loan contract granted by the Arkansas 2
126+Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board, is amended to read 3
127+as follows: 4
128+ (c) Each applicant to whom a rural medically underserved population 5
129+medical practice loan or loans is granted by the Arkansas Rural Medically 6
130+Underserved Population Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board 7
131+shall execute a written loan contract that incorporates the following 8
132+obligations and conditions: 9
133+ (1)(A) The recipient of a rural medically underserved population 10
134+medical practice loan or loans shall bindingly contract that he or she shall 11
135+practice primary care medicine full time in a qualified rural community with 12
136+a medically underserved population upon completion of: 13
137+ (i) For students who have been accepted for 14
138+admission to or are enrolled in good standing in the College of Medicine of 15
139+the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in studies leading to the 16
140+degree of Doctor of Medicine: 17
141+ (i)(a) His or her medical internship of one (1) year 18
142+undertaken immediately following the earning of the degree of Doctor of 19
143+Medicine; 20
144+ (ii)(b) Four (4) additional years of medical 21
145+training beyond the internship if the training has been approved in adva nce 22
146+by the Arkansas Rural Medically Underserved Population Medical Practice 23
147+Student Loan and Scholarship Board and includes practice experience in a 24
148+rural medically underserved population community; or 25
149+ (iii)(c) At the request of the recipient of a rural 26
150+medically underserved population medical practice loan, the Arkansas Rural 27
151+Medically Underserved Population Medical Practice Student Loan and 28
152+Scholarship Board may approve the recipient's request to practice in more 29
153+than one (1) qualified rural community with a medically underserved 30
154+population to meet his or her obligation to practice full time if the 31
155+Arkansas Rural Medically Underserved Population Medical Practice Student Loan 32
156+and Scholarship Board determines, based upon guidelines established by the 33
157+Arkansas Rural Medically Underserved Population Medical Practice Student Loan 34
158+and Scholarship Board, that the physician need in the rural communities with 35
159+a medically underserved population cannot sustain a full -time medical 36 HB1747
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164- (C) For each continuous whole year of medical practice, in 1
165-accordance with subdivision (c)(1)(A) of this section, subject to reasonable 2
166-leave periods, including without limitation vacation, sick leave, continuing 3
167-medical education, jury duty, funerals, holidays, or military service, the 4
168-Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board shall 5
169-cancel, by converting to a scholarship grant, the full amount of one (1) 6
170-year's loan plus accrued interest; 7
171- (2)(A) The recipient of a rural medical practice loan or loans 8
172-shall bindingly contract that not engaging in the practice of medicine in 9
173-accordance with the loan contract and with this subchapter may result in 10
174-suspension of his or her license to practice medicine in this state. 11
175- (B) For any contract entered into after August 1, 2007, 12
176-the recipient's medical license may shall not be suspended unless the 13
177-recipient's contract : 14
178- (i) Contract contained a specific term that loss of 15
179-license was is a consequence of breach ; and the recipient 16
180- (ii) Recipient signed a written acknowledgment of 17
181-understanding that the suspension of licens e was explained to him or her 18
182-orally as a potential consequence of breach of the contractual provisions. 19
183- (C) The suspension may be for a period of years equivalent 20
184-to the number of years that the recipient is obligated to practice medicine 21
185-in a rural area but has not so practiced and until the loan with interest 22
186-together with any civil money penalties, as reduced by each full year of 23
187-medical practice according to the terms of the loan contract, is paid in 24
188-full; 25
189- (3) Any communication from the Universi ty of Arkansas College of 26
190-Medicine with any state medical licensing board shall include a notation that 27
191-the recipient of a rural medical practice loan has a contract with the State 28
192-of Arkansas to practice medicine in a rural community and that breach of that 29
193-contract may result in suspension of the recipient's Arkansas medical 30
194-license; 31
195- (4)(A) In the event that a rural medical practice loan recipient 32
196-under this subchapter does not engage in the practice of medicine in 33
197-accordance with the terms of this sec tion and of his or her loan contract in 34
198-order to have the loan contract recognized as a scholarship, the recipient 35
199-shall remain obligated to repay the loan or loans received, together with 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1747
164+practice or that other compelling circumstances exist; and 1
165+ (ii) For students who have been accepted for 2
166+admission to or are enrolled in good standing in a college or educational 3
167+program under §§ 6-81-706(a)(2)(B) or (C), the educational program and 4
168+accompanying requirements in which the students are enrolled . 5
169+ (B) The recipient of a rural medically underserved 6
170+population medical practice loan or loans shall bindingly contract that for 7
171+each year's loan he or she shall practice medicine in accordance with 8
172+subdivision (c)(1)(A) of th is section for a whole year. 9
173+ (C) For each continuous whole year of medical practice, in 10
174+accordance with subdivision (c)(1)(A) of this section, subject to reasonable 11
175+leave periods, including without limitation vacation, sick leave, continuing 12
176+medical education, jury duty, funerals, holidays, or military service, the 13
177+Arkansas Rural Medically Underserved Population Medical Practice Student Loan 14
178+and Scholarship Board shall cancel, by converting to a scholarship grant, the 15
179+full amount of one (1) year's lo an plus accrued interest; 16
180+ (2)(A) The recipient of a rural medically underserved population 17
181+medical practice loan or loans shall bindingly contract that not engaging in 18
182+the practice of medicine in accordance with the loan contract and with this 19
183+subchapter may result in suspension of his or her license to practice 20
184+medicine in this state. 21
185+ (B) For any contract entered into after August 1, 2007, 22
186+the recipient's medical license may shall not be suspended unless the 23
187+recipient's contract : 24
188+ (i) Contract contained a specific term that loss of 25
189+license was is a consequence of breach ; and the recipient 26
190+ (ii) Recipient signed a written acknowledgment of 27
191+understanding that the suspension of license was explained to him or her 28
192+orally as a potential consequen ce of breach of the contractual provisions. 29
193+ (C) The suspension may be for a period of years equivalent 30
194+to the number of years that the recipient is obligated to practice medicine 31
195+in a rural area community with a medically underserved population but has not 32
196+so practiced and until the loan with interest together with any civil money 33
197+penalties, as reduced by each full year of medical practice according to the 34
198+terms of the loan contract, is paid in full; 35
199+ (3) Any communication from the University of Arkan sas College of 36 HB1747
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204-interest at the maximum rate allowed by Arkansas law or the federal discount 1
205-rate plus five percent (5%) per annum, whichever is the lesser, the interest 2
206-to accrue from the date each payment of funds was received by the recipient. 3
207- (B) Neither interest nor the obligation to repay the 4
208-principal sums accrued shall accrue during any one (1) period of time that 5
209-the recipient involuntarily serves on active duty in the United States Armed 6
210-Forces. 7
211- (C) Repayment of principal with interest shall be due and 8
212-payable in full at the earliest to occur of the following events: 9
213- (i) Failure to remain enrolled in a medically 10
214-underserved and rural practice curriculum , as applicable to the college or 11
215-educational program for which an applicant has been accepted for admission or 12
216-in which an applicant is enrolled in good standing ; 13
217- (ii) Failure to remain in enrollment status 14
218-continuously to completion of the a degree of Doctor of Medicine necessary to 15
219-meet eligibility criteria under this subchapter for any reason other than 16
220-temporary personal illness; 17
221- (iii) Failure For students who have been accepted 18
222-for admission to or are enrolled in good standing in the College of Medicine 19
223-of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in studies leading to the 20
224-degree of Doctor of Medicine, failure to complete internship; 21
225- (iv)(a) Failure to engage in the a full-time 22
226-practice of medicine while residing in a qualified rural community in 23
227-Arkansas as defined in § 6 -81-701. 24
228- (b) However, the Arkansas Rural Medical 25
229-Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board may waive the residency 26
230-requirement on a case-by-case basis; and 27
231- (v) Failure to establish a practice as described 28
232-under subdivision (c)(4)(C)(iv)(a) of this section within six (6) months 29
233-following either: 30
234- (a) Either internship or four (4) additional 31
235-years of medical education that includes practice experience in a rural 32
236-community; or 33
237- (b) The completion of an educational program 34
238-in which a student is enrolled and as described under §§ 6 -81-706(a)(2)(B) 35
239-and (C) and any additional licensure requirements, as applica ble; 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1747
204+Medicine with any state medical licensing board shall include a notation that 1
205+the recipient of a rural medically underserved population medical practice 2
206+loan has a contract with the State of Arkansas to practice medicine in a 3
207+rural community with a medically underserved population and that breach of 4
208+that contract may result in suspension of the recipient's Arkansas medical 5
209+license; 6
210+ (4)(A) In the event that any rural a medically underserved 7
211+population medical practice loan recipient under t his subchapter does not 8
212+engage in the practice of medicine in accordance with the terms of this 9
213+section and of his or her loan contract in order to have the loan contract 10
214+recognized as a scholarship, the recipient shall remain obligated to repay 11
215+the loan or loans received, together with interest at the maximum rate 12
216+allowed by Arkansas law or the federal discount rate plus five percent (5%) 13
217+per annum, whichever is the lesser, the interest to accrue from the date each 14
218+payment of funds was received by the reci pient. 15
219+ (B) Neither interest nor the obligation to repay the 16
220+principal sums accrued shall accrue during any one (1) period of time that 17
221+the recipient involuntarily serves on active duty in the United States Armed 18
222+Forces. 19
223+ (C) Repayment of principal w ith interest shall be due and 20
224+payable in full at the earliest to occur of the following events: 21
225+ (i) Failure to remain enrolled in a medically 22
226+underserved and rural practice curriculum, as applicable to the college or 23
227+educational program for which an applicant has been accepted for admission or 24
228+in which an applicant is enrolled in good standing ; 25
229+ (ii) Failure to remain in enrollment status 26
230+continuously to completion of the a degree of Doctor of Medicine necessary to 27
231+meet eligibility criteria under t his subchapter for any reason other than 28
232+temporary personal illness; 29
233+ (iii) Failure For students who have been accepted 30
234+for admission to or are enrolled in good standing in the College of Medicine 31
235+of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in s tudies leading to the 32
236+degree of Doctor of Medicine, failure to complete internship; 33
237+ (iv)(a) Failure to engage in the a full-time 34
238+practice of medicine while residing in a qualified rural community with a 35
239+medically underserved population in Arkansas as defined in § 6-81-701. 36 HB1747
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244- (5) If an alternate on the waiting list for acceptance to the 1
245-University of Arkansas College of Medicine enters into a rural medical 2
246-practice program contract conditioned only upon the applicant's being 3
247-accepted for admission to the college and oth erwise meets the requirements of 4
248-§ 6-81-706 and if the applicant is moved to the top of the waiting list under 5
249-§ 6-81-718, the alternate's A contract for an alternate on the waiting list 6
250-for acceptance to the University of Arkansas College of Medicine shall 7
251-contain an additional term that breach of the contract may result in civil 8
252-money penalties in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the loan 9
253-amount if the applicant who is an alternate on the waiting list for 10
254-acceptance: 11
255- (A) Has been accepted f or admission to the college; 12
256- (B) Meets the requirements of § 6 -81-706, as applicable; 13
257-and 14
258- (C) Is moved to the top of the waiting list under § 6 -81-15
259-718. 16
260- (6) This subsection shall not prohibit the Arkansas Rural 17
261-Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board from considering and 18
262-entering into a negotiated settlement with the rural medical practice loan 19
263-recipient involving the license suspension, the amount of the civil money 20
264-penalty, and the terms of repayment of the loan. 21
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245+Underserved Population Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board 2
246+may waive the residency requirement on a case -by-case basis; and 3
247+ (v) Failure to establish a practice as described 4
248+under subdivision (c)(4)(C)(iv)(a) of this section within six (6) months 5
249+following either: 6
250+ (a) Either internship or four (4) additional 7
251+years of medical education that includes practice experience in a rural 8
252+community with a medically underserved population; or 9
253+ (b) The completion of an educational program 10
254+in which a student is enrolled and as described under §§ 6 -81-706(a)(2)(B) 11
255+and (C) and any additional licensure requirements, as applicable ; 12
256+ (5) If an alternate on the waiting list for acceptance to the 13
257+University of Arkansas College of Medicine enters into a rural medical 14
258+practice program contract conditioned only upon the applicant's being 15
259+accepted for admission to the college and otherwise meets the requirements of 16
260+§ 6-81-706 and if the applicant is moved to the top of the waiting list under 17
261+§ 6-81-718, the alternate's A contract for an alternate on the waiting list 18
262+for acceptance to the University of Arkansas College of Medicine shall 19
263+contain an additional term that breach of the contract may result in civil 20
264+money penalties in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the loan 21
265+amount if the applicant who is an alternate on the waiting list for 22
266+acceptance: 23
267+ (A) Has been accepted for admi ssion to the college; 24
268+ (B) Meets the requirements of § 6 -81-706, as applicable; 25
269+and 26
270+ (C) Is moved to the top of the waiting list under § 6 -81-27
271+718. 28
272+ (6) This subsection shall not prohibit the Arkansas Rural 29
273+Medically Underserved Population Medical Practice Student Loan and 30
274+Scholarship Board from considering and entering into a negotiated settlement 31
275+with the rural medically underserved population medical practice loan 32
276+recipient involving the license suspension, the amount of the civil money 33
277+penalty, and the terms of repayment of the loan. 34
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