                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PHYSICIAN LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM (§ 32.1-122.6:1)

A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Board of Health
shall establish a physician loan repayment program for graduates of accredited
medical schools who have a specialty in the primary care areas of family
practice medicine, general internal medicine, pediatrics, and
obstetrics/gynecology, or who are currently employed in a geriatrics fellowship,
and who meet other criteria as determined by the Board. The Commissioner shall
act as the fiscal agent for the Board in administration of these funds. Prior to
awarding any funds, the Board shall require the recipient to agree to perform a
period of medical service in the Commonwealth in a medically underserved area as
defined in &#xA7; 32.1-122.5 or a health professional shortage area designated
in accordance with the criteria established in 42 C.F.R. Part 5, or, in the case
of graduates of accredited medical schools who are currently employed in a
geriatrics fellowship, the Board shall require the recipient to agree to
perform, at minimum, a two-year period of medical service in the Commonwealth.

B. The Board shall promulgate regulations for the implementation of the
Physician Loan Repayment Program. Applications for participation in the program
will be accepted from a graduate of any accredited medical school, but
preference will be given to graduates of medical schools located in the
Commonwealth.

C. Any loan repayment amounts repaid by recipients who fail to honor the
obligation to perform a period of medical service in an underserved area or a
two-year period as required by this section, and any interest thereon, shall be
used only for the purposes of this section and shall not revert to the general
fund.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 111; 2000, c. 926; 2001, c. 188; 2013, c. 255.