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North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973 § 143B-139.4C. Office of Rural Health; administration of loan repayment programs

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Rural Health, shall use funds appropriated to the Department for loan repayment to medical, dental, and psychiatric providers practicing in State hospitals or in rural or medically underserved communities in this State to combine the following loan repayment programs in order to achieve efficient and effective management of these programs:

(1) The Physician Loan Repayment Program.

(2) The Psychiatric Loan Repayment Program.

(3) The Loan Repayment Initiative at State Facilities.

(b) These funds may be used for the following additional purposes:

(1) Continued funding of the State Loan Repayment Program for primary care providers and expansion of State incentives to general surgeons practicing in Critical Access Hospitals located across the State.

(2) Expansion of the State Loan Repayment Program to include eligible providers residing in North Carolina who use telemedicine in rural and underserved areas.

(c) The Office of Rural Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is directed to structure the North Carolina State Loan Repayment Program so that it is aligned with all of the following goals:

(1) The Program is targeted to increase the number of health care providers in rural areas of the State.

(2) The Program is coordinated with the National Health Service Corps and Federal Loan Repayment programs, as well as any other publicly or privately funded programs, to maximize funding in order to increase the number of health care providers in rural areas of the State.

(3) The Program encourages both recruitment and retention of health care providers in rural areas of the State.

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