Iowa Code r. 283-25.3 - Eligibility requirements
(1) The
commission will annually determine and communicate the number of physician
assistant and advanced registered nurse practitioner recommendations that can
be funded at each eligible university. The intent of this determination will be
to ensure that an equal number of students in each program at eligible
universities are able to enter into an agreement. Priority will be given to
applicants who are Iowa residents upon enrolling in the eligible university.
"Iowa resident" means an individual who meets the residency requirements
established in 283-Chapter 10. If fewer than the maximum number of physician
assistants or advanced registered nurse practitioners are recommended at an
eligible university, the commission may obtain additional recommendations from
the other eligible universities to award the remaining agreements.
(2) An applicant must enter into an agreement
with the commission during the applicant's final year of study leading to
eligibility for licensure as an advanced registered nurse practitioner or
physician assistant.
(3) An
applicant must be enrolled on a full-time basis and graduate from an eligible
university with a graduate-level credential that qualifies the applicant to
work as a physician assistant or advanced registered nurse practitioner. The
commission may waive the full-time enrollment requirement for a temporary time
frame only in the instance of a leave of absence approved by an eligible
university. The applicant must request a waiver from the commission in
writing.
(4) Within nine months of
graduating from an eligible university, an applicant must receive a permanent
license to practice nursing or to work as a physician assistant in the state of
Iowa and engage in full-time practice, as defined by the service commitment
area, as an advanced registered nurse practitioner or physician assistant for a
period of five consecutive years in a service commitment area.
(5) An applicant must annually complete and
return to the commission an affidavit of completion of the employment
obligation in a service commitment area.
(6) Prior to or upon engagement in full-time
employment in a service commitment area, the advanced registered nurse
practitioner or physician assistant must contract with the service commitment
area to provide a nonrefundable $2,000 contribution for deposit in the rural
Iowa advanced registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant trust fund.
Payment must be received by the commission from the service commitment area
prior to payment of any loan repayment awards to the advanced registered nurse
practitioner or physician assistant.
(7) Failure by the applicant to meet all
eligibility requirements under these rules and in the agreement will result in
forfeiture of all remaining unpaid payments.
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