                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONDITIONAL GRANTS FOR CERTAIN MEDICAL STUDENTS (§ 32.1-122.5:1)

A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Board of Health
shall establish, in addition to the scholarships established pursuant to &#xA7;
32.1-122.6, annual medical scholarships for students who (i) intend to enter one
of the designated specialties of family practice medicine, general internal
medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology and (ii) commit to practicing in
a medically underserved area of Southwest Virginia. Such scholarships shall be
awarded to students in good standing at the Quillen School of Medicine of East
Tennessee State University, with preference being given to bona fide residents
of Virginia, as determined by &#xA7; 23.1-502 and specifically for bona fide
residents of Southwest Virginia. The Board of Health shall request the governing
board of East Tennessee State University to submit to the Commissioner the names
of those eligible applicants who are most qualified as determined by the
regulations of the Board for these medical scholarships. The Commissioner shall
award the scholarships to applicants whose names are submitted by the governing
board.

B. The provisions of &#xA7; 32.1-122.6 and all regulations of the Board
promulgated pursuant to &#xA7; 32.1-122.6 shall apply to the award of the
scholarships established herein and to the applicants for and recipients of such
scholarships. In addition to the regulations established pursuant to &#xA7;
32.1-122.6, the Board shall define Southwest Virginia by designating Planning
Districts one, two, and three as those jurisdictions in which eligible students
shall be required to serve.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 358; 1994, c. 281.