Senate
File
2096
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2096
BY
WILHELM
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
including
emergency
medicine
as
an
eligible
practice
1
specialty
under
the
rural
Iowa
primary
care
loan
repayment
2
program.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261.113,
subsection
3,
paragraph
d,
Code
1
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
d.
Within
nine
months
of
graduating
from
the
residency
3
program
and
receiving
a
permanent
license
in
accordance
with
4
paragraph
“b”
,
engage
in
the
full-time
practice
of
medicine
5
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
specializing
6
in
family
medicine,
pediatrics,
psychiatry,
internal
medicine,
7
emergency
medicine,
or
general
surgery
for
a
period
of
five
8
consecutive
years
in
the
service
commitment
area
specified
9
under
subsection
6
,
unless
the
loan
repayment
recipient
10
receives
a
waiver
from
the
commission
to
complete
the
years
11
of
practice
required
under
the
agreement
in
another
service
12
commitment
area
pursuant
to
subsection
6
.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
261.113,
subsection
8,
Code
2016,
is
amended
14
to
read
as
follows:
15
8.
Part-time
practice
——
agreement
amended.
A
person
who
16
entered
into
an
agreement
pursuant
to
subsection
3
may
apply
17
to
the
commission
to
amend
the
agreement
to
allow
the
person
18
to
engage
in
less
than
the
full-time
practice
specified
in
19
the
agreement
and
under
subsection
3
,
paragraph
“d”
.
If
the
20
commission
determines
exceptional
circumstances
exist,
the
21
commission
and
the
person
may
consent
to
amend
the
agreement
22
under
which
the
person
shall
engage
in
less
than
full-time
23
practice
of
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
24
and
surgery
specializing
in
family
medicine,
pediatrics,
25
psychiatry,
internal
medicine,
emergency
medicine,
or
general
26
surgery
in
a
service
commitment
area
for
an
extended
period
27
of
part-time
practice
determined
by
the
commission
to
be
28
proportional
to
the
amount
of
full-time
practice
remaining
29
under
the
original
agreement.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
the
requirements
for
eligibility
for
34
participation
in
the
rural
Iowa
primary
care
loan
repayment
35
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program.
The
bill
adds
emergency
medicine
to
the
list
of
1
specialties
in
which
an
individual
may
engage
for
a
period
2
of
five
consecutive
years
in
a
service
commitment
area
to
3
be
eligible
for
the
program.
Under
current
law,
eligible
4
specialties
are
limited
to
family
medicine,
pediatrics,
5
psychiatry,
internal
medicine,
and
general
surgery.
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