(a) Authority. Authority for this subchapter is provided
in the Texas Education Code, Subchapter J, Repayment of Certain Physician
Education Loans. These rules establish procedures to administer the
subchapter as prescribed in the Texas Education Code, §§61.531
- 61.540.
(b) Purpose. The primary purpose of the Physician Education
Loan Repayment Program is to encourage qualified physicians to practice
medicine in a health professional shortage area designated by the
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, and provide health
care services to recipients under the medical assistance program authorized
by the Texas Human Resources Code, Chapter 32, and to enrollees under
the child health plan program authorized by the Texas Health and
Safety Code, Chapter 62.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §23.62 adopted to be effective November 30, 2009, 34 TexReg 8524; amended to be effective November 20, 2013, 38 TexReg 8196; transferred effective December 15, 2016, as published in the Texas Register November 25, 2016, 41 TexReg 9341 |