New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 7 - TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID
Part 3 - NEW MEXICO HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM (HPLRP)
Section 5.7.3.9 - PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
To be eligible for this program, an applicant must:
A. submit an application containing biographical, educational and health profession education loan information including lender name, address, telephone number, loan numbers, loan balances, interest rates and remaining payments for review;
B. be licensed or certified in the state of New Mexico to practice their profession;
C. be a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident alien and a resident of New Mexico;
D. provide service in a clinical practice of their profession full time (36 hours per week), the committee may consider part-time service, with prorated awards, on a case-by-case basis;
E. practice in an approved health professional shortage area for a minimum period of three years, the committee may consider longer periods of service on a case-by-case basis;
F. charge for their professional services at the usual and customary rates prevailing in the areas in which such services are provided, except that if a person is unable to pay such a charge, such person shall be charged at a reduced rate or not charged any fee;
G. agree that, in providing health services, they will not, in the case of an individual seeking care, discriminate on the basis of the ability of the individual to pay for such care or on the basis that payment for such care will be made pursuant to the program established in Title XVIII (medicare) of the Social Security Act or pursuant to the program established in Title XIX (medicaid) of such act; and
H. agree that they will accept assignment under Section 1842(b)(3)(B)(ii) of the Social Security act for all services for which payment may be made under Part B of Title XVIII and will enter into an appropriate agreement with the state agency that administers the state plan for medical assistance under Title XIX of such act to provide service to individuals entitled to medical assistance under the plan.
