Florida Administrative Code
64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
64W - Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management
Chapter 64W-1 - CONRAD 30 WAIVER PROGRAM
Section 64W-1.002 - Definitions

(1) "Conrad 30 Waiver Program" - Federal program authorized in 8 U.S.C. § 1184(l) which allows for waiver of the 2-year foreign residence requirement.

(2) "Critical Shortage" - Shortage of physicians in a specific specialty and/or within a specific geographic area.

(3) "Flex" - Exchange visitor physicians who will serve at facilities which may not be located within a designated health professional shortage area but which serve patients who live within such a designated area. 8 U.S.C. § 1184 (l)(1)(D)(ii), 01/24/2020, incorporated by reference and available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-13372, specifies the maximum number of exchange visitor physicians who will serve in Flex.

(4) "Full-Time Employment" - A physician must provide direct patient care for at least 40 hours per week. Additional duties (i.e., teaching, research, supervising residents/fellows/students, supervising clinics, or other administrative work) are not included for purposes of fulfilling the required 40 hours.

(5) "Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)" - Areas designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as having shortages of primary care, dental or mental health providers and may be by geography (a county or service area), population (e.g., low income or Medicaid eligible), or facility (e.g., federally-qualified health center or state correctional institution).

(6) "Primary Care Physicians" - Physicians providing at least 80% of the required 40 hours per week of direct patient care in an outpatient ambulatory care site in the following practices: Family Medicine; general Internal Medicine; general Pediatrics; general Obstetrics/Gynecology; and Psychiatry.

(7) "Specialists" - Physicians who do not provide primary care as defined in subsection (6) above. Hospitalists, intensivists, and laborists are considered specialists. Any primary care physician who provides less than 80% of the required 40 hours per week of direct patient care in an outpatient ambulatory care site is also considered a specialist.