Indiana Code 16-46-5-9. Health care professional eligible for loan repayment
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Sec. 9. In order to be eligible for loan repayment for student loans, a health care professional must meet all of the following conditions:
(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.
(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.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-46-5-9
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- shortage area: means a county, city, town, census tract, or township designated by the state department as underserved by health care professionals under section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-46-5-6
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(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.