Wisconsin Statutes Higher Education (Ch. 36 to 39) § 39.385. Primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program

(a) “Graduate medical education training program” means any of the following:

(b) “Grant program” means the primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program under this section.

(c) “Health professional shortage area” has the meaning given in s. 36.60(1)(aj).

(d) “Health service shortage area” means an area designated by the governor and certified by the federal secretary of health and human services under 42 USC 1395x as an area with a shortage of personal health services.

(e) “Medically underserved area” has the meaning given in 42 CFR Part 51c, section 102(e).

(f) “Primary care medicine” means any of the following medical specialties:

(g) “Psychiatry” includes child psychiatry.

(h) “Underserved area” means a health professional shortage area, a health service shortage area, or a medically underserved area.

(a) He or she practices primary care medicine or psychiatry in an underserved area in this state.

(b) He or she graduated from a graduate medical education training program with an emphasis on primary care medicine or psychiatry.

(c) He or she does not appear on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854(2)(b), unless the physician provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53(5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858(2)(a).

(b) A physician or psychiatrist may apply for participation in the grant program by submitting an application to the board in a form prescribed by the board. A physician or psychiatrist may submit that application while the physician or psychiatrist is participating in a graduate medical education training program described in sub. (3)(b). The application shall include such information as the board may require to establish that the physician or psychiatrist meets the eligibility requirements specified in sub. (3) for participation in the grant program and any other information the board may require by rule promulgated under sub. (5).

(c) After each year in which a physician or psychiatrist who has been accepted for participation in the grant program practices primary care medicine or psychiatry in an underserved area in this state, the physician or psychiatrist may submit to the board a claim for financial assistance. The claim shall include the signature of the physician or psychiatrist and of a representative of the practice in which the physician or psychiatrist is employed or otherwise affiliated certifying that during the period for which financial assistance is claimed the physician or psychiatrist practiced primary care medicine or psychiatry in an underserved area in this state and such other information as the board may require by rule promulgated under sub. (5) to verify the physician's or psychiatrist's eligibility for financial assistance.

(d) If the board determines that a physician or psychiatrist who submits a claim for financial assistance under par. (c) is eligible to receive that assistance, the board shall provide that assistance, subject to the amounts available in the appropriation account under s. 20.235(1)(fp).