Section 591.100  Participation Eligibility of Physicians and Facilities

a)         Primary care physicians and psychiatrists eligible to participate in the J-1 Visa Waiver Program for International Medical Graduates in Illinois shall meet the following requirements:

1)         have entered into an employment contract with a facility located in an HPSA;

2)         be board eligible or board certified in family practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, or psychiatry; and

3)         have completed a residency in general internal medicine or general pediatrics, if either of those specialties is indicated in the application of the physician seeking participation in this program.

b)         Physicians in specialties other than primary care and psychiatry eligible to

participate in the J-1 Visa Waiver Program for International Medical Graduates

in Illinois shall meet the following requirements:

1)         have entered into an employment contract with a facility located in an

HPSA or MUA/P;

2)         be board eligible or board certified in their specialty.

c)         Medical facilities eligible to participate in the J-1 Visa Waiver Program in Illinois shall meet the following requirements:

1)         if contracting with a primary care physician or psychiatrist and located in a rural area, be located in a geographic HPSA, be designated as an HPSA facility, or, if serving an HPSA population group, document that at least 51% of the participating physician's patients seen at the facility are a part of the HPSA's population group; or

2)         if contracting with physicians in specialties other than primary care and psychiatry, be in a geographic HPSA, be an HPSA facility, be located in an MUA, or document that at least 51% of the participating physician's patients come from the HPSA population group or from the MUP group.

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 3327, effective February 16, 2005)