Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
Eligibility requirements common to
both non-faculty and faculty participants. Eligibility for repayment
assistance for non-faculty and faculty participants requires compliance with
the following requirements:
(1) receipt or
award of a dental degree from an accredited United States dental school within
the previous five (5) years;
(2)
completion of all requirements to receive or be awarded an active unrestricted
license to practice dentistry in the State of Oklahoma at the time the service
obligation begins; and,
(3) a
financial need with outstanding eligible dental school loans.
(b)
Additional eligibility
requirements for non-faculty participants. Eligibility for repayment
assistance for non-faculty participants requires compliance with the following
additional requirements:
(1) an established
general or pediatric dental practice, or the commitment to establish such a
practice, located in an Oklahoma DHPSA with the exception that any dentist
licensed to practice as a pediatric dentistry specialist as defined by the
State Dental Act or any dentist practicing in a Federally Qualified Health
Center (FQHC), FQHC look-alike, county health department, or city-county health
department may be exempt from the requirement to practice in a DHPSA;
(2) fulfillment of all applicable
requirements of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to qualify as a Medicaid
Dental Provider at the time the service obligation begins; and,
(3) agree that during the service
obligation/contract period, a minimum 30% of patient visits are by Medicaid
recipients.
(c)
Additional eligibility requirements for faculty participants.
Eligibility for repayment assistance for faculty participants requires
compliance with the additional requirement of abiding by the rules and
regulations for a faculty member, and the job duties assigned by the Dean of
the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry.
(d)
Limitations upon eligibility common
to both non-faculty and faculty participants. A non-faculty or faculty
participant's eligibility may be rescinded or terminated if any of the
following conditions occur:
(1) a breach of
an obligation for service to a federal, state, or local government
entity;
(2) an obligation for
service to a federal, state, or local government entity that will interfere
with the fulfillment of the requirements of the Program that remains
unsatisfied; or,
(3) default or
material breach of an agreement to repay a higher education loan or borrowing
agreement.
(e)
Additional considerations.
(1)
Preference will be given to graduates of the University of Oklahoma College of
Dentistry.
(2) Preference will be
given to eligible practice sites that are not Medicaid/Sooner Care
specific.
(3) Geographic diversity
of the participants is an objective of the Program.
(4) An eligible practice site is a solo,
group, or incorporated private practice, and any federal, state, local, or
private for-profit or nonprofit dental facility.
(5) To qualify for the 30% minimum Medicaid
recipient requirement the participant must use a count of patient visits during
the service obligation. The 30% requirement will be monitored monthly, but the
participant will be deemed to be compliant if the yearly average is 30% or
greater.
(f)
Eligible loans. Loans eligible for repayment assistance are any
loans for educational expenses while attending dental school from a college,
university, government, commercial source, or an organization, institution,
association, society, or corporation that is exempt from taxation under
501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The ODLRP participant
must be able to provide, upon request, documentation that commercial loans were
used for payment of educational expenses.
Added at 24 Ok Reg 203,
eff 11-1-06 (emergency); Added at 24 Ok Reg 1983, eff 6-25-07; Amended at 25 Ok
Reg 1151, eff 5-25-08; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2524, eff
7-25-10
