Code of Colorado Regulations
1000 - Department of Public Health and Environment
1015 - Prevention Services Division (1009, 1015, 1016 Series)
6 CCR 1015-7 - LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR DENTAL PROFESSIONALS
Section 6 CCR 1015-7-1.1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 6 CO Code Regs 1015-7, ยง 1.1

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 5, March 10, 2024

(1) "Board" means the State Board of Health.

(2) "Dental hygienist provider level I" means a licensed dental hygienist who provides services to at least twenty (20) underserved individuals per month on average.

(3) "Dental hygienist provider level II" means a licensed dental hygienist who provides services to at least ten (10) underserved individuals per month on average.

(4) "Dentist provider level I" means:

(A) A licensed dentist who provides services to at least forty (40) underserved individuals per month on average; or

(B) A licensed dentist who devotes at least thirty percent (30%) of full time dental practice hours to providing services to underserved individuals.

(5) "Dentist provider level II" means:

(A) A licensed dentist who provides services to at least twenty-five (25) underserved individuals per month on average; or

(B) A licensed dentist who devotes at least twenty percent (20%) of full time dental practice hours to providing services to underserved individuals.

(6) "Dentist provider level III" means a licensed dentist in a part time dental practice who provides services to at least ten (10) underserved individuals per month on average.

(7) "Department" means the Department of Public Health and Environment.

(8) "Eligible dental professional" means a person who is:

(A) A dental hygienist licensed in Colorado pursuant to Article 35 of Title 12, C.R.S.; or

(B) A dentist licensed in Colorado pursuant to Article 35 of Title 12, C.R.S.

(9) "Full time dental practice" means a practice that is routinely open at least thirty-two (32) clinical hours per week.

(10) "Loan repayment award" means an award of funds, payable to the lender or lenders who hold professional educational loan debt of the program participant, which pays all or part of the principal, interest, and other related expenses of a loan for professional education in either dentistry or dental hygiene, as applicable.

(11) "Loan repayment contract" means the agreement, which is signed by the program participant and the Department, wherein the program participant agrees to practice in accordance with the requirements in § 25-23-101, C.R.S., et seq and these rules in exchange for a loan repayment award.

(12) "Master settlement agreement" means the Master Settlement Agreement, the smokeless tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, and the consent decree approved and entered by the court in the case denominated STATE OF COLORADO, EX REL. GALE A. NORTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL V. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.; AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., INC.; BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.; LIGGETT AND MEYERS INC.; LORILLARD TOBACCO CO., INC.; PHILLIP MORRIS, INC.; UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO.; B.A.T. INDUSTRIES, P.L.C.; THE COUNCIL FOR TOBACCO RESEARCH-USA., INC.; AND TOBACCO INSTITUTE, INC., Case No. 97 CV 3432, in the District Court for the City and County of Denver.

(13) "Part-time dental practice" means a practice that is routinely open fewer than thirty-two (32) clinical hours per week.

(14) "Program" means the loan repayment program for dental professionals created in § 25-23-103, C.R.S.

(15) "Program Participant" means an eligible dental professional who has entered in to a loan repayment contract under the terms of program participation.

(16) "Underserved" means any individual who is:

(A) Eligible for medical assistance under Article 4 of Title 26, C.R.S.; or

(B) Enrolled in the Children's Basic Health Plan pursuant to Article 19 of Title 26, C.R.S.; or

(C) Eligible for medical services pursuant to the program for the medically indigent set forth in Article 15 of Title 26, C.R.S.; or

(D) Receiving dental services in exchange for a reduced fee assessed on a sliding scale that is based upon the individual's income; or

(E) Receiving dental services without charge based upon the individual's income or dental insurance status.

(17) "Significant level of service" means care provided to underserved individuals at the levels that qualify the eligible dental professional for one or more of the following:

(A) Dental hygienist provider level I; or

(B) Dental hygienist provider level II; or

(C) Dentist provider level I; or

(D) Dentist provider level II; or

(E) Dentist provider level III.

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