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Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 19	EDUCATION
PART 1	TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 21	STUDENT SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER J	THE PHYSICIAN EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
RULE §21.257	Application Ranking Criteria

If there are not sufficient funds to award loan repayment assistance for all eligible physicians whose applications are received by the stated deadline, applications shall be ranked according to the following criteria, in priority order:

(1) renewal applications, with first priority assigned to those for primary care;

(2) applications from primary care physicians practicing in rural geographic whole-county HPSAs and applications from physicians practicing in Federally Qualified Health Centers or practice sites that accept payments on a sliding fee scale and follow a policy of providing health care to all who present for care;

(3) HPSA score for applicant practice location;

(4) the first ten applications received each year from eligible physicians serving persons committed to a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Youth Commission and its successor or persons confined to a secure correctional facility operated by or under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Source Note: The provisions of this §21.257 adopted to be effective November 30, 2009, 34 TexReg 8524; amended to be effective November 29, 2011, 36 TexReg 8022

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