Section 590.10  Applicability

a)         This Part is in response to an act designed to improve the availability of primary health care throughout the State. The provisions of this rulemaking are organized into six components which consist of five Subparts and four appendices. Subpart A includes general provisions, such as definitions and administrative hearing rules, which apply to all Sections of the Part.

b)         Subpart B includes provisions for awarding grants to graduate medical education programs which train physicians in the specialty of family practice. These provisions set forth the application and selection processes for distribution of grant funds, and performance requirements.

c)         Subpart C includes provisions for the distribution of medical student scholarships. These provisions set forth eligibility for scholarships, criteria for selection, and performance requirements resulting from acceptance of a scholarship.

d)         Subpart D includes provisions for the repayment of educational loans for primary care physicians who agree to practice in designated shortage areas of the State.

e)         Subpart E describes criteria used to designate areas of the State needing additional primary care physicians.

f)          The appendices include sample contracts used in the scholarship and loan repayment activities described in this Part.