Idaho Statutes Title 39. Health and Safety § 39-6106. General requirements and limitations

(a) The application contains all of the required information and documentation;

(b) The application meets all state and federal criteria;

(c) Foreign exchange physicians having a J-1 case number assigned by the United States department of state have paid all federal processing fees; and

(d) The applicant has paid the state of Idaho application processing fee.

(a) Prior to submission of an application, the department may provide information to the applicant on preparing a complete application.

(b) The department will not be responsible for adding any information to incomplete application packets.

(c) For applicants who have benefited from department waiver requests previously, the applicant's history of compliance will be a consideration in future decisions for waiver requests.

(d) In any single program year, a health care facility will not be allotted more than five (5) J-1 visa waiver request applications per practice location.

(e) The shortage area designation must be current on the date the United States department of state reviews and recommends the application and on the date the immigration agency approves the J-1 visa waiver and national interest waiver. Any application that is being submitted to the department at the end of the three (3) year health professional shortage area designation cycle may be summarily denied if the renewal is not obtained.