The department of health and human services may:

1.    Determine the eligibility and qualifications of an applicant for loan repayment funds under this chapter; 2.    Identify communities that are in need of a veterinarian and establish a priority ranking for participation in the program by the selected communities; 3.    Create and distribute a loan repayment application; 4.    Determine the amount of the loan repayment funds for which an applicant may be eligible under this chapter and, in making this determination, examine any outstanding education loans incurred by the applicant; 5.    Establish conditions regarding the use of the loan repayment funds; 6.    Enter a nonrenewable contract with the selected applicant and the selected community to provide to the applicant funds for the repayment of education loans in exchange for the applicant agreeing to actively practice in the selected community; 7.    Receive and use funds appropriated for the program; 8.    Enforce any contract under the program; 9.    Cancel a contract for reasonable cause; 10.    Participate in federal programs that support the repayment of education loans incurred by veterinarians and agree to the conditions of the federal programs; 11.    Accept property from an entity; and

12.    Cooperate with the department of health and human services to effectuate this chapter.