4 Tex. Admin. Code § 30.182 - Requirements for Registering Medically Underserved Communities

(a) A health care entity located in a county designated as a medically underserved area and/or a health professional shortage area is eligible to register to participate in the program.

(b) The department ranks eligible communities for program participation based on a community's need for primary care physicians and other factors including, but not limited to, the county's MUA score or HPSA degree of shortage designation.

(c) Communities register for the program by completing a registration form prescribed by the department during a time period specified by the department.

(d) A community that is accepted into the program and that is matched with an eligible physician is ineligible to re-register for participation until the physician has fulfilled the service obligation.

Notes

4 Tex. Admin. Code § 30.182

The provisions of this §30.182 adopted to be effective June 13, 2010, 35 TexReg 5034; transferred effective October 1, 2011, as published in the Texas Register December 23, 2011, 36 TexReg 9011; amended by Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 52, December 26, 2014, TexReg 10403, eff. 1/1/2015