Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 195-11-.13 - Service Obligation and Board Approval of Practice Location
(1) The initial
scholarship award and each subsequent annual renewal of the scholarship award
requires a one year service obligation upon completion of the recipient's
graduate medical education. The scholarship recipient is required to practice
medicine on a fulltime basis (at least 40 hours per week) in a practice
location approved by the Board in an area of this state which is rural or
underserved by primary care physicians as determined by the Board, in a
regional area of this state composed of rural counties where an unmet need for
certain primary care and other critical need specialty physicians exists as
determined by the Board and approved by the commissioners of Community Health
and Public Health, or in a medical facility operated by or under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Public Health, the Department of Behavioral
Health and Developmental Disabilities, the Department of Corrections, or the
Department of Juvenile Justice. For the primary care specialties of family
medicine, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics, rural and
underserved area is defined as a rural county in Georgia of 50,000 population
or less according to the United States decennial census of 2010 or any future
such census or an area of this state which is rural and underserved by primary
care physicians as determined by the Board. For scholarship recipients
receiving awards prior to July 1, 2014, practice locations for
Obstetrics/Gynecology and other critical need specialties include regional
areas composed of counties located in rural Georgia where an unmet need for
physicians exists as determined by the Board and approved by the commissioners
of Community Health and Public Health.
(2) The scholarship recipient must begin
practice in a location approved by the Board within 90 days of completion of
graduate medical education.
(3)
Counties eligible as practice locations shall be determined on the basis of the
county population published in the official census of the United States for the
decade in which the recipient's initial scholarship award contract was signed.
Regional areas shall be determined by the Board, and approved by the
Commissioners of Community Health and Public Health, on the basis of where an
unmet need for Obstetrics/Gynecology and other critical need specialties
exist.
(4) Payment of the service
obligation of the scholarship contract is calculated on the basis of one year
(12 calendar months) of service for the initial scholarship contract, and one
year of service for each renewal scholarship contract. Credit toward meeting
the service obligation is calculated on a daily basis from the date the
recipient begins practice in a Board approved practice location.
(5) Leave of absence for more than 7 weeks
(35 workdays) per year from the medical practice for medical, personal, formal
education, or other reasons is not credited toward meeting the service
obligation of the contract. Vacation, holidays, and time for continuing medical
education shall not be construed to be "leave of absence" unless it extends
past the 7 week period.
(6) Board
approval in writing is required for all practice locations the recipient
selects to meet the service obligation of the scholarship contract.
(7) Recipients may change practice locations
with written approval of the Board.
(8) The recipient must submit an annual
report in order to receive credit toward meeting the service obligation of the
scholarship contract. The annual report shall include the following
information:
(a) Current mailing address,
email address and phone number.
(b)
Documentation of full-time practice acceptable to the Board, such as a letter
from a partner or owner of the medical practice or medical facility if the
recipient is employed, or a sample of the recipient's office
schedule.
(c) Other information the
recipient may wish to provide to the Board on the practice or on other aspects
of the scholarship program.
(9) Board staff may conduct on-site visits of
the recipient's medical practice location in order to verify compliance with
scholarship contract requirements.
(10) Board staff will provide an annual
report to the recipient to document completion of the service obligation of the
scholarship contract.
(11) The
scholarship recipient must accept Medicaid and Medicare and actively treat
patients on both of these programs.
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