As used in this subchapter: (1) “Medically underserved” means an area in Arkansas that the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board determines has unmet needs for medical services due to factors, including without limitation: (A) The ratio of primary care physicians to population; (B) The infant mortality rate; (C) The percentage of: […]
(a) (1) There is established the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board composed of: (A) The Dean of the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as chair; (B) One (1) representative of the Arkansas Medical Society as vice chair; (C) The Chancellor of the University of Arkansas […]
(a) Any student accepted for admission to or enrolled in good standing in the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in studies leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine who is a bona fide resident of Arkansas may apply for a loan under this subchapter on forms prescribed by […]
When a rural medical practice loan application is filed with the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board, the board shall examine the application, investigate the ability, character, and qualifications of the applicant, and investigate the financial standing of the applicant or his or her parents to determine whether the applicant is in […]
Rural medical practice loans provided for in this subchapter shall be made for the sole purpose of paying the applicant’s tuition, maintenance, and educational expenses and the necessary living expenses of his or her dependents while the applicant is enrolled in a program of medical education as described in this subchapter.
(a) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board may make rural medical practice loans to the applicant, each rural medical practice loan being expressly made subject to the provisions of §§ 6-81-708(c) and 6-81-710, if it finds that: (1) The applicant is a bona fide resident of Arkansas; (2) The applicant has […]
(a) The maximum amount of each rural practice loan for medical students shall not exceed sixteen thousand five hundred dollars ($ 16,500) per academic year or those costs that are reasonable and necessary for the student’s attendance as determined by the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board. (b) (1) The maximum amount […]
(a) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board shall enter into a loan contract with the applicant to whom a rural medical practice loan is made. (b) The contract shall be approved by the Attorney General and shall be signed by the Chair of the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and […]
(a) (1) All payments for rural practice loans and community match loans under this subchapter shall be made on requisitions signed by the Chair of the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board drawn against the funds held for the purpose of this subchapter. (2) These funds, consisting of state appropriations so designated, […]
(a) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board shall make an annual report to the Governor concerning the activities of the board and shall file a copy of its report with the Legislative Council. (b) (1) This report shall include: (A) The names of the recipients of the loans; (B) The amount […]
(a) Any applicant for a loan or income incentive issued by the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board, any person who has been granted a loan or has been granted income incentives by the board, or any party to a rural medical practice or community match loan or income incentive may appeal […]
(a) (1) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board shall administer the Community Match Rural Physician Recruitment Program. (2) (A) Interested rural communities may apply to the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board to participate in the program as a qualified rural community. (B) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice […]
(a) (1) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board and a qualified rural community shall enter a joint community match contract with the applicant. (2) The form of the community match contract shall be approved by the Attorney General and shall be signed by the Chair of the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice […]
(a) (1) If an alternate on the waiting list for acceptance to the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences demonstrates a willingness to enter into a rural medical practice loan contract and meets the requirements of § 6-81-706, the applicant shall be moved to the top of the waiting list […]
The College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall track graduates who were recipients of rural medical practice loans for the length of their contractual obligations and shall report to the Legislative Council by October 1 of each even-numbered year regarding the compliance of those graduates with the terms of their […]
(a) There is established a Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program administrator. (b) The administrator shall: (1) Be employed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; (2) Serve as liaison between loan recipients and rural communities by: (A) Working with the communities to identify their unique needs, to develop profiles of their […]
Nothing in this subchapter is intended to affect pending litigation existing as of April 4, 2007.
(a) Loan recipients enrolled in the Community Match Rural Physician Recruitment Program on or before the day before April 4, 2007, shall not have their loan contracts impaired by the amendments to the community match program. (b) (1) Subject to the availability of funds, the loan for the academic year shall be renewable annually for […]
