Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 512 - COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM RULES
Section 144-512-I - INTRODUCTION
Universal Citation: 10 ME Code Rules ยง 144-512-I
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. Intent
The Department of Human Services' Community Scholarship Program is designed to increase availability of primary health care practitioners in designated health professional shortage areas (HPSA) through cooperative community, state, and federal funding under PL 101-527.
B. Summary
1. The Community Scholarship Program is
instituted to make federal and state funding available, when matched by
community funding, for practitioners who come from and return to rural areas to
practice.
2. The rules delineate
the conditions under which a community and an individual recipient are eligible
for state and federal matching scholarship assistance.
3. The primary health care provider education
programs which are included in the Maine Community Scholarship Program, when
that state match is available, include programs for Nurse Practitioners,
Physician Assistants, Physicians, and Certified Nurse Midwives.
C. Staffing
The Community Scholarship Program will be administered by the Office of Rural Health, Department of Human Services.
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