Alaska Administrative Code
Title 20 - Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions
Chapter 19 - Financial Support for the WWAMI Program
20 AAC 19.040 - Employment obligation

(a) To qualify for forgiveness of a repayment obligation under AS 14.43.510, a participant in the WWAMI program must

(b) For purposes of this section, "full-time employment" means employment as a physician for at least 1,830 hours per year in the health care profession, including call and patient care.

(c) In order to qualify for a prorated forgiveness benefit as provided for in AS 14.43.510(e), a participant must have previously earned at least one year of forgiveness benefit.

(d) A participant who is engaged in qualifying employment in both rural and non-rural service areas in a single service year will receive the forgiveness percent based upon the service area in which the majority of the participant's employment occurred.

(e) A participant who has engaged in qualifying employment in both rural and non-rural service areas and has remaining forgiveness-qualifying debt of less than 20 percent of the total debt obligation must perform an additional prorated period of service to receive a full discharge of the loan obligation.

(f) Nothing in this section authorizes the refunding of any repayment of the loan or forgiveness of an amount that is already due and payable by the participant.