Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 509 - RULES FOR DESIGNATING AREAS, POPULATIONS OR HOSPITALS AS UNDERSERVED BY SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS

SUMMARY: This Chapter REPEALS and REPLACES chapters related to designation of areas, populations, or hospitals as underserved by specialty physicians, under Title 20-A, MRSA Chapter 421, "Postgraduate Education in the Field of Medicine," and Title 20-A, Chapter 423, "Loans for Candidates for Practice of Osteopathic Medicine." The rule retains the basic criteria for eligibility and broadens the Rule to include any specialty, which will eliminate the need to establish a rule with each request from a specialty not covered by previous rules: Ch. 507, Rules for Implementing the 1985 Amendment to Maine Medical Compact Act--Vision Care; Ch. 509, Rules Designating Hospitals as Underserved by Emergency Room Physicians; Ch. 511, Designating Areas as Underserved by Psychiatrists.